We visited Maymont - a fantastic city park complete with a Children's Farm, Japanese and Italian gardens, and more. This park used to belong to the Dooleys, a very wealthy Richmond family during the times of Rockefeller and Vanderbilt. The mansion and surrounding property were left to the city upon their death and has remained mostly intact. It truly is a gem of the city and we should visit more often.
On the day we did visit, we stopped first at the children's farm...
Carter enjoyed feeding the goats...
And then ran to show Daddy his slimy goat licked hands...
We saw lots of other animals...but opted against trying to feed them.
Next up, the Japanese gardens - which were beautiful. And so peaceful (minus the screaming children running all around - including Carter.)
We stopped at this gazebo that overlooked a pond filled with GINORMOUS goldfish for a picnic.
Ben even woke up for a bit to enjoy the surroundings...
Carter is taking more and more time to explore his surroundings these days. We are seeing the first of his imaginative play develop as he stops to explore and chat with anything and everything in his path.
After a LONG hike back up to the top of the two really big hills we leisurely strolled down, we were all thoroughly pooped. Ben enjoyed the ride down in the stroller with infant carseat attached. On the way up, I carried Ben in the bjorn, the carseat was on top of the stroller, and Carter chilled in the stroller. Whew. It was a wonderful day with wonderful weather. Looking forward to our next visit.
Another good family outing. Richmond seems to have added many attractions since I lived there.
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