Christian and I needed a break away for quick weekend. We decided to do a quick run to Callaway Gardens. It is only 2 hours from here and they were running a great summer special. We were able to see a Wild Animal Safari, the butterfly center, and the beach. We learned there aren't many restaurants or places to eat down there but luckily we hit 2 good grub spots. :)

So we got into town around 2pm Friday...blazing hot afternoon with temperatures hanging around a smoltey 100 degrees. So what would you do? Why rent a safari van with no A/C and spend an hour driving 5 miles an hour through a wild animal safari. Yep, sounds fun! The kids were cracking us up but they seemed to love it. Here are some pics from that and a video.






That night we drove around looking for the restaurant, Crickets, and low and behold it is right next door to Pine Mountain Chalet Club. My grandmother used to own a Chalet in here and we would go every summer for vacation. It is awesome. It is a community of chalets on a lake. I had to drive by for memory sake and it looks the exact same! Though, they have filled in the pool that was right next door. :( But my basketball courts were there...I loved those courts.



The next day we hit the Callaway Beach. I loved it. I thought it was such a nice, quaint beach. Very well organized with lots of pavillion space and water playgrounds (which we kept missing out on the times), a fountain, a train (which we missed also), an outdoor circus. You can bring in your own cooler of picnic stuff and drinks. The kids had a ball!!!





Saturday night we ate out at the Country Store Restaurant! We had great southern cooking food. And of course, picture time after that then a visit to the Gardens.