Natural Bridge

The treck up to the Natural Bridge was steep and quite a work out after a day of hiking and a meal with margaritas, but it was worth it.

The views on top were spectacular.

 

Suspension Bridge and Lizards

I took pictures of these cute little Eastern Rock Lizards for Lydia.

This suspension bridge spans the Red River.  It's a really pretty place, and we had it to ourselves.  There weren't a lot of people out on the trails on a weekday in April.

 

Ultimate Car Tunnel

 Back when Malachi was little and barely said anything at all, he loved car tunnels.  He would gleefully shout from the back seat, "Car tunnel!" every time we went through one.  He even named one of his toys (actually a boat on wheels) "car tunnel".  When he was upset, driving through a car tunnel usually brought him out of it.  In the Red River Gorge, we went through the ultimate car tunnel:

It used to be for a train, but now it is a one-lane road for cars, carved right through the rock.

And yes, every time we went through it, Nathaniel and I exclaimed, "Car tunnel!"  

I really want to bring Malachi through it sometime.

Beautiful Appalachia

 

As I mentioned, Nathaniel and I managed to get away for 3 days last week.  We had never been to the Red River Gorge, and we thoroughly enjoyed it.  I was amazed by the beauty.

These pictures were right behind our cabin!

The fire pit had a rock overhang above it, so if it had rained, you could still have a nice fire.  And here is the walk up to the cabin:

And the cabin itself (photographed from the parking spot):

Ducks and Turkeys and Chicks Oh MY!

 

Nathaniel and I had a lovely 3-day getaway to the Red River Gorge, and this is a preview of that, but I am going to save more of those pictures for future posts.  On the way home Thursday, we stopped at Rural King and bought 4 ducklings and 2 turkey poults.

This time, the poultry purchase was all Nathaniel's fault, but I gotta say, those ducklings are the cutest things.  (That is a turkey poult on the left of the ducklings.)

We separated them from the chicks in the brooder for just two nights, because there isn't enough room for 23 meat chicks, 8 regular chicks, 2 poults, and 4 ducklings.  So now the meat birds are enjoying a spacious covered area outdoors:

And the rest are enjoying much more room to move in the brooder: