The other day Brombeere said, "We should go somewhere." So I suggested an attraction that's been on my list of things to go see for quite some time. A little inland lighthouse. So we piled in the car and, trusting the GPS, took off across the state on roads we'd never been on before.
When we got there it turned out it was a whole little park that a company had put together, miles from any body of water, which is the normal place for a lighthouse.
There were several nice little things there, in addition to the lighthouse. There were the usual playground equipment and picnic area but also several other things not normal to parks as well.
The park was on a river, but that normally doesn't necessitate a lighthouse.
We got there and discovered the lighthouse was not functional size, it was actually build as a memorial to some people we had never heard of before. It also didn't put out any light. It just looked light a little lighthouse. But an interesting attraction nonetheless.
It was tall, but not as tall as lighthouses normally are. It was a nice, cute size.
In addition to the lighthouse, there was a bridge over the river, too. Just below the bridge was a water fall, Little Falls. Interesting, although it looked more like a short stretch of rapids to me.
There was also a small "zoo", some pens that held several animals, including a peacock, a couple of pheasants, and a bunny. Across the river was a fenced in area that held deer but they were hiding the day we were there so we didn't see them.
A little father down the river was another bridge. A swinging bridge. And it sure did swing. Every step you took on it set it to bouncing and swaying enough that we decided to cross one at a time and hold onto the rails the whole way. I actually didn't go all the way across. Brombeere did because she wanted to see if she could see the deer.
It was a fun trip and a nice little park. And it enabled me to cross another place off my list. It was fun.
1 comment:
Yay! Sounds like a cool find!
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