We had the opportunity on Wednesday to go to the Rockome Gardens up in Arcola. They are run by some of the Amish people. It's normally like a mini theme park of sorts with a petting zoo, the gardens, a train ride, horse and buggy ride, an arcade, haunted cavern and a mini town. They have artisans that show their skills in the street...like glass blower, blacksmith, etc. However, we picked a pretty bad time to go. They had been flooded with some of the recent storms. The performers were not performing, and the train and horse and buggy were shut down as well as part of the gardens and a house they were renovating. And their Sunken Garden as it's called was under about a foot of water and were pumping it out. The plants have not grown exceptionally well either as there has been so much rain here lately. We weren't told everything was shut down. We explored anyway, it was a rare opportunity that Cody was home and we could actually go.
Baylee liked all of the animals, but definitely loved the donkey best. Go figure. They also had little plaques through out the gardens with sayings on them, some we found a little amusing. We went through the haunted cavern...bad mistake. Baylee screamed and screamed and screamed. They had different rooms and one was built tilted with a swing which gives you an odd feeling and then to get to the next part, they had the hall very small. Cody had to fold up and carry the stroller in the end earning him some very muddy pants in his as he put it "heroic" move for his ladies. HAHA. They had these very cool rock fences with different designs all the way around the area. They were small rocks and I don't even want to know how much time it took.
It was nice to get out and head up that way. I love to see the horses and buggies and I got to see plenty of those. Though we get to see them in Walmart a lot, it was fun to see the little boys and girls in their outfits playing in the yards. And we even got to drive behind a buggy for a while, I was excited. Easily amused, yes. We had a fun adventure despite our luck.
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