One of Miller's birthday gifts from us was an outing of his choice with a friend. Miller soars with individual attention at a special outing. We purchased the all day Adventure passes for our family and planned a special day at the Mountain. Eliza Kate spent the day with Grandmama and Poppy since some of our plans didn't accommodate the preschool age. Our outing fell at the end of spring break & it was the perfect opportunity for a staycation activity.
The boys were super excited about the Skyview gondola ride to the top of the mountain. As we waited in line, the boys were studying the motor and cable system.
This is the look of wonderment as we climbed high above the Georgia pines. It was a great bird's eye view of the park. I won't lie, I breathed a sigh of relief when our gondola pulled into the drop off on the mountain.
This was Miller's first trip to the top of Stone Mountain. It was just a little windy at our new elevation. The wind was whipping through our hair! Miller commented that the granite top looked like the surface of the moon. It brought back memories of when I visited the top of the mountain as a girl. Visiting Stone Mountain during the summer months was always a tradition when my grandparents rolled into town.
I had just a touch of anxiety as Miller scooted as close to the edge of the mountain as possible. The fence isn't always visible at all vantage points. So, it gives the illusion that they're going to take a tumbling trip down the steep slope.
Here's their fake out photo clinging to the mountain for dear life:) BOYS!!
Grant is so much more cautious and stayed with me whenever I called his name. Miller's our adventurous, risk taker and I have to inhale deep breaths with all of his stunts.
The views around the city were gorgeous on this spring Saturday.
Have you noticed these two like to hug? They're the hugging type of friends. Here we are loading up for the quick decent down the mountain.
We set our sights on the Stone Mountain Express train as our next adventure. This was basically a chill out, relaxing ride around the park. Miller, our train enthusiast loves riding on the tracks.
Sweet buddies with their wrist bands. Park goers kept giving them special notice trying to figure out if these two were twins or brothers really close in age.
So, we really came for this one activity--the SkyHigh ropes course. We chose the beginner course 12 feet up. It doesn't look like it's a hard rope's course, but it felt a little exciting once we stepped out with nothing to hold onto but our overhead harness. I kept coaching the boys that they weren't going to fall because they were strapped in. Psychologically though, you feel like one mishap and you're toast. Miller needed no vote of confidence to sail through the different obstacles. And, Grant did AWESOME conquering his fears on the 4 by 4 balance beams. I did agree to bring him back in one piece!!
G and I set our sights on the zipline while Miller and daddy climbed up the stairs for a harder challenge up top.
This was the perfect outing for active boys looking for adventure. I was so happy to afford him this opportunity with a friend. Of course, he soaked up every minute without his little sister tagging along for the ride;)
The rock climbing challenge was to push the buzzer once you reached the top of the wall. Miller conquered stepped on fingers and a few failed footholds to find the button. They slowly managed to use their strength to climb the wall. Around this time of the afternoon, Miller wasn't feeling so hot--yikes! Turns out that he spiked a fever on the way home and zonked out. Strep visited our house that weekend, but we're so glad we squeezed in our much anticipated birthday outing before things went sour. You're only turn 7 once!
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