Like many people we had a very different family trip planned but was
cancelled due to the pandemic. Chad and I both wrestled with the idea of a last
family trip as a family of 4, do we just stay at home, do we wait a few weeks,
where do we go. We finally just decided that now is the best time since I am
getting further into my pregnancy with our 3rd child and didn’t feel
comfortable being that far away from our hospital or doctor if we waited a few
more weeks.
Planning a trip during a pandemic was a little difficult and a lot of
the things we wanted to do was not open. So we got a little creative and made
the best of our trip. We started off on our adventure on Friday afternoon right
after lunch and headed to our first stop in Gentry, AR. We stopped at the Wild
Wilderness which is a drive thru safari. They had safeguards in place, we
unfortunately we had to stay in our car and not get out to feed the animals,
etc. However, the kids LOVED it. The
animals came right to our car and the kids saw animals that they had never seen
before. It was a wonderful experience and would love to go back when other
parts of their park open back up.
That evening we headed into Fayetteville and checked into a hotel. The
hotel pool was closed so I knew we had to find something else before Grady
asked about the pool. We went to grab dinner before we headed to our next
adventure. Grady wanted chicken for dinner so we actually made 2 stops, the
first stop was for Chad and I and we stopped at Tacos 4 Life, it’s a chain but
it was the first time we had ate there and it was amazing and luckily we have
one in Tulsa. We also stopped at chick-fil-a and then we went to Gator golf for
a little miniature golf. The owners were super sweet, Grady did NOT want to put
his ball in the last hole and “lose” it, so they gave Grady an older ball for
him to have. We also stopped for some ice cream at Shake’s before heading back
to the hotel for the night.
The next morning, we headed to Natural Falls State park near Siloam Springs.
The waterfalls were really close to the entrance and we were expecting to do a
little more hiking to get there. The trails around the waterfall were a little
dangerous as well but we venture on the ones we best could. The kids played a
little bit in a creek, which the water was freezing cold and then we headed
back home. It was a quick getaway and not what we had planned but we felt like we
needed to do something with the kids before the baby gets here.
