- A Really Good Find -

From Mandeville, you get on a bike trail for a little over 4 miles and run into a phenomenal playground. Did you catch that adjective? Seriously, it was impressive.
After you are done on the playground....

...you ride further down the trail, about another 4 miles, and run into a quaint town with a wonderful restaurant/brewery. The restaurant has large portions and since I don't care for beer,
we settled for root beer:)

Across the street from the restaurant is a very cool fountain that the boys played in. Do I even need to mention that they had a blast?

It was good family time. We sang, 'the ants go marching' to the ant piles. We talked about Brutas (another post for another day:) We watched dad relive his childhood by popping wheelies. We got to watch a giant dead tree get cut down. A good time! Even our bodies thanked us, but our butts had something else to say about it.
(I guess no family event can be absolutely perfect!)

Thanks to Southern Living for posting an article about the trail and for all its suggestions.