It is exactly 30 miles from our garage to the Nashville Zoo; which really isn’t bad for such a great source of family entertainment.
Somehow though, it’s been a solid two years since our family has journeyed down there.
But as I’ve mentioned before, now that we have a Jeep Wrangler as our family weekend vehicle, suddenly anywhere we go is not only more exciting, but also worth the journey.
Despite being an SUV, the JK series of the Jeep Wrangler doesn’t have much storage capacity. However, I was still have to squeeze in the double stroller in the back, which made things much easier for my wife and I to shuttle the kids across the Nashville Zoo. It takes a solid 3 hours of constantly moving if you want to see all the animals.
We actually started off our visit to the Nashville Zoo with my son and and my wife (Jack and Jill) finally getting to try out the Soaring Eagle.
Check out the quick video I made of their ride…
As the population of Nashville continues to rapidly grow, so does the number of exhibits at the Nashville Zoo. For example, I don’t remember there being rhinos the last time we were there…
But as you can see from these pictures from this weekend…
There was a lot to see and do…
And we were so exhausted, Mommy and Daddy took a nap when we got home…
Back in the summer of 1991, when I was 10 years old, our family drove out in the middle of the woods in our 1985 Bronco II. My dad was able to test out the 4 wheel drive capabilities of our family vehicle.
Last weekend, we sort of recreated that event. Instead of my daughter going, though, I had her stay home with my mom to take a nap, so that my dad could join us for the trip.
He sat in the back with my son, serving as a guide, since I had yet to take a whole drive anywhere in just 4 wheel drive in our family’s new acquired Jeep Wrangler.
What I didn’t realize going into this drive to Billy’s Ford, which is located just a couple of miles north of Little River Falls, was that I was actually going to get drive across Little River itself!
It was so much fun, that, as you can imagine, I’m eager to get back there!
After finishing our 16 mile ride along Little River Canyon Rim Parkway, the journey officially ended when we arrived at the bottom of the mountain at Canyon Mouth Park.
We had planned to enter the park to play in Little River. However, we learned that it now costs $15 per vehicle to enter; whereas I remember it always being free my entire life.
But finding a Plan B didn’t take long at all. We had to drive back up to the top of the mountain anyway, so we simply drive a different route to Little River Falls.
It was a perfect day to play in the river, just a few hundred feet before the river became a waterfall.
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