This morning the plan was to go ”rivertubing” in Helen, GA. It was one of those “daycations” everyone is talking about in light of the economic downturn we are experiencing across the country. We got up fairly late considering our trip would take 2.5 hrs according Mapquest. We had not yet started our homeschool classes, so we are still in “summer mode”.
Hubby works a pretty good shift which allows time for short excursions with the family, for which I am eternally grateful to God.
Somewhere in between our decision to go, and everyone getting breakfast, the plan changed. Everyone unanimously decided that they didn’t want to take the 2.5 hour “hot” ride (no AC) to Helen. So we decided to go to a local public pool, Okay, so we “googled” public pools in our local area, and most everyone had closed their pools for either the latter half of the day or to the weekend. Not good. So, I thought about a beach lake that I took the kids to often last year. Hadn’t been there for a while, because of the crowd. I’m not too fond of rubbing backsides with people I don’t know.
Anyhoo, the good thing is that for the most part many public and private school’s are in, and we’re not! So off we went to Indian Springs State Park, right in our own backyard. The drive was a scenic countryside roadtrip of about 20 minutes. It was great! Practically had the beach area to ourselves, and know what the price of admission was? 5 bucks! Just five dollars and we had a glorious time in God’s beautiful green, tranquil, Jackson Lake! Didn’t spend much in gas, which meant extra $$ for pizza at the park, yay! So, instead of spending alot of money going to far away places or expensive acquariums and museums, find a local outdoorsie spot. You will find that you will gain awhole lot without spending a lot!
