Sunday, April 27, 2008

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 :)

6 comments:

Misty said...

It looks like it was a fun weekend! Lordy, I haven’t been to Lake Murray in probably 15 years! I like the walking path you take up to the tower…the flowers and plants look nice, and that’s so porch! lol The winding stairs are so neat! When I was a kid my grandma had a friend who lived in a house with winding stairs, so I’ve always thought they were pretty and just so neat! lol It’s always a pleasure to look at your pictures and read your blogs. I’ll probably start sharing my blogs from blogger soon…I’m using mine as more of a personal online journal and so far liking it pretty well. :)

Brie said...

This looks like so much fun!! Wow the porch and the view from the top are awesome!!
Awww I love family picnics:)
What does Ashley's shirt say? I am trying my hardest to make it out LOL

Cherry Dolphin said...

I loved visiting Tucker's Tower & Lake Murray... so beautiful & serene! The path up to the tower is very pretty - but MAN it's steep!

Cherry Dolphin said...

I loved visiting Tucker's Tower & Lake Murray... so beautiful & serene! The path up to the tower is very pretty - but MAN it's steep!

Lil Knitter said...

That's a great idea for the weekends you're all together. Looks like a nice place to visit. It looks like castle...every girl wants to live in a castle. Picnics are always good too. I'm glad you had a good time.

Hugs!

iwouldratherbeknitting said...

I've been there too! Do they still have the metorite on display?