Mialkowski Family News

This place called Wild Animal Safari in Pine Mountain, Georgia was having a Father’s Day special price for dads so we decided to take advantage of the deal. It was just 2 hours away from our house. We got there and bought our tickets, Lily was free since she’s under 3. With enough time for a bathroom break, we got in line to wait for the safari bus. Katherine didn’t want to take our own car. Didn’t matter to me, I would have liked to brag that our 1989 Volvo station wagon was rammed by a water buffalo. The bus had it’s windows taken out so it was more airy which was good. We bought a little bag of animal feed pellets (they didn’t let us take our carrots for the animals) and began throwing them down on the ground for wild boars, emu, bison, zebras, deer, giraffes, rams, longhorns, etc. It was like an hour and a half tour through the lands. It kinda reminded me of Jurassic Park. Once we got back we went walking around in their walkabout zoo which had lions, and tigers, and bears, etc. It was really hot out that day so we had to hop back in the car and head towards the house. It was already like 4pm and we hadn’t had lunch so I saw a billboard for Cracker Barrel so that’s where we went! Click on any of the below thumbnails for a larger picture.

Some time Friday I checked to see what the goings on in Helen, GA were for Saturday. And I found one of my favorites happening Saturday. It was the Shriner’s Parade. So I was going to take Lily there because Katherine had to work. Katherine called me at 11:20am on Saturday saying that she is coming home because her appointment was a no show. The parade started at 2pm so we were cutting it close since it takes likes and hour and a half to get up there. So I popped in our GPS and we got outta here around 12:15pm. We arrived at 1:45pm and were on scene in our standing spot on the bridge at exactly 2:01pm. The parade didn’t actually start until 2:05pm so we made it with time to spare! The parade lasted for 45 minutes and it was pretty warm out. The day before Katherine was looking up the prices for tubing the Hooch. We found that Helen Tubing was only $3 so we decided to hit the river. It lasted about 2 hours total and the water level was just fine, we bounced off other tubers that were stuck to keep us moving. Can’t wait to do that again. Click on some of the below thumbnails of the parade to get a larger picture.