A Weekend Trip at Izaak Walton Inn

Hunter, JP, and Charlotte took their first train ride to the Izaak Walton Inn, along with Grandma Betty, mom and dad. We arrived at the Inn shortly after 9 and had a nice breakfast before getting ready to play outside.

With our bellies full, everyone bundled up to spend the morning snowshoeing. I think the jury is still out as to whether or not Hunter and JP enjoyed it or not. 

 This was not only Hunter and JP's first time snowshoeing, but mine as well! I had a lot of fun with it too! I imagine Charlotte enjoyed it too as she slept through the majority of it.

 Perry had to do all the hard work getting everyone strapped in. It was a little tricky for me with Charlotte on my back!

 Within minutes of getting their snowshoes on, both Hunter and JP got themselves stuck in this tree "hole." Hunter was able to get himself out, but with snowshoes on, it made it impossible for JP.

 These little boys were SO CUTE with their itty bitty snowshoes on!

 After a little snowball fight, Grandma and the boys hiked up this fairly large hill. Coming down was fun to watch as Grandma had to slide on her butt for most of the way.

 Although we had to take quite a few breaks, both Hunter and JP were troopers!

 And so was Grandma, who again found it challenging to go downhill! She used her snowshoes to ski down this little trail.

 After packing Charlotte around, my back was starting to hurt a bit and my hips were aching. So I finally sat down with my hubby in the snow and took a little break. With all the breaks we took, we got back to the Inn just as the little St. Patrick's Day parade was coming down the road. When I say little, I mean there was maybe 5 "floats" but the boys score a few pieces of candy anyways!

We spent the early afternoon inside relaxing. The adults worked together on a puzzle while Hunter and JP played trains. Once they started getting a little stir crazy, we took a little walk up the road.

There was a TON of snow piled along the road. Nearly taller than Perry! 

We walked until we made it to a bridge where Hunter enjoyed throwing snowballs off the side, even though he couldn't see over the berm. 

Meanwhile, Grandma got a little Charli, all the while sparing my back a little bit!

On the walk home, Hunter had more fun throwing snowballs, and even managed to hit dad with a few!

JP spent his time simply walking slow and punch the berms as he went. 

We made it back to the Inn just as the wind was starting to pick up a little bit, so we hung out by the fire place until the lobby area to warm up, before it was closed briefly for a wedding. Before leaving the lobby, we discovered our departing train was going to be a little late. Originally we should have been leaving the Inn at about 7:35 pm, but the board in the lobby showed it wouldn't be arriving until 9:15 pm. As the afternoon progressed, the later the train was scheduled to arrived. Eventually the boys fell asleep on the couches around 8:30 and after a lot of bouncing and shushing, Charlotte finally fell asleep too. 

Our train finally arrived at the station at 11:30 and by that point, everyone was exhausted from the long day. After another hour on the train and a short drive home, we all crawled into our beds around 1 am and passed out for the night, well everyone but Charlotte. And mom. 

Although the day turned out much longer than expected I think fun was had by all!