1323 November 21-23, 2025 A Most Excellent Stone Mountain Adventure
On Friday, we picked the boys up from school and went to the house to pack a few last-minute books and pillows and toothbrushes and lovies.
We got to Stone Mountain and Oliver and Austin were excited to see the new RV for the first time. Tim made a campfire and we cooked dinner outside and ate at the table by the fire. The boys loved adding pinecones to make the fire burn bright and hot.
We roasted marshmallows and told stories and giggled. It got dark and late and it was Friday after a long week of school. The boys showered and then we all climbed into bed. We did some silly Madlibs and we laughed hard. They asked to watch bedtime stories. It makes me happy that they are still young enough to enjoy the Three Little Pigs and The Three Billy Goats Gruff. They both read for a while and then they went to sleep.
Saturday morning everyone was awake at 6am. The boys wanted to make gingerbread cookies but I needed coffee first. They enjoyed their special croissants from the Dekalb Farmers Market. We had cookies baking before 8am! We walked to the campground playground.
We were at the camp store waiting for them to open at 9. We bought worms and we packed fishing gear. We drove to the “island” and found nice flat fishing spots with not too many branches and roots in the way. The boys baited their own hooks and really got the hang of casting. We had a bunch of nibbles and stolen worms but the only thing they caught were wet leaves! They really liked it and they definitely want to go again.
We hiked around the perimeter of the island. We found chipmunk and squirrel dens. We saw a Canadian goose and Ollie spotted a lizard. We identified types of rocks and plants.
We went back to the RV for lunch and a few minutes of downtime. The boys and I played a new game called Uzzle. It took less than a minute to learn and we had so much fun!
In the afternoon, we drove to the ropes playground.
Oliver really wanted to walk up part of Stone Mountain. Austin was tired and so he and I found a shady place to wait and PopPop and Ollie walked.
They were hot and tired and we went to get Icees at the store.
The men watched college football.
We had dinner at the RV and then we went to see the lights at Stone Mountain Christmas. We were there for the parade which Austin said “was not all that!” He was right!
We stopped for ice cream and then headed back for showers and bed. By the end of the day Tim and I had about 12,000 steps. Austin probably had twice that many. We watched The Gingerbread Man and then they were both tired and ready to sleep.
Sunday morning, we got to sleep in until 7.
The boys had croissants and packed up all of their stuff. They played some catch and threw the football. At 9:45 we left to take the Skyride to the top of Stone Mountain. It was a beautiful day with cloudless bright blue skies and the view of the city was spectacular. The boys used their new cameras to take pictures.
We got to David and Dre’s by noon. We spent the day watching Red Zone and NFL football with a friend from school.
We had venison burgers (thank you Kyle) for our dinner.
Tim and I said goodbye and left to go back to the RV. The weekend went by so quickly. It is important to us to share our love of camping and nature with the boys while making memories. We are leaving Atlanta tomorrow but we will be back in a couple of weeks to celebrate Christmas!