Tucker Tower :)

Yesterday we did something new and fun!! We visited Tucker Tower.

"Overlooking Lake Murray, this tower was intended as a summer home for Governor Bill Murray and now stands as a lighthouse sentinel. An educational exhibit inside the tower includes flora and fauna collections"

On our way to Tucker Tower we stopped at a Picnic Area called "Pecan Grove" and had a sandwich picnic, After we finished lunch we walked part-way down one of the two trails they had there. We would have walked further but we were excited to get to Tucker Tower! Here are a few snapshots from our picnic.

Here are the snapshots from Tucker Tower :)

This is the the walking path you walk up from the parking lot leading to the tower.

This is what would have been the porch of the home at one time.

Here are just a couple of snapshots of things they had inside, There were many different displays of animals and minerals. Lots of interesting things.

This is one section of the four sections of stars to climb to the top :)

and here is the beautiful scenery from the top of the tower, Lake Murray.. So pretty!!!

Last but not least our family at the top :)

I don't know about other families but our family seems to have fallen into the bad habit of laying around and watching TV on weekends instead of getting out and doing fun things as a family. So we've decided on the weekends that we have Ashley to do something fun together as a family. This was the first of what I hope are many fun family things to do together :)