But can you beat the chicken in checkers???
Paul
On 8/22/2006 11:44:00 AM, D. Mallinson (dmall@mwonline.net) wrote:
> Last weekend we took the family to visit relatives and attend the
> Centralia IL balloonfest event, that was OK, but not as much fun as we
> had on the way down.
>
> On the way, we stopped at Rockhome Gardens between Arthur and Arcola,
> IL. This was a family farm owned by my fathers employer in the
> 40's and
> 50's. It then became a tourist attraction, run by the Amish
> and
> Mennonite for many years, and recently bought by a group of familys in
>
> the Central Illinois area, hopefully guaranteeing that it stays open for
> a long time.
>
> It is a fun place to visit, especially for kids. Farm related
> activities, the beauty of the Rock walls gardens and sculptures where
> the name comes from, and examples of Amish/Farm life.
>
> We took a Buggy ride, a train ride, the kids and I played in the big
> treehouse, got great food at the restaurant, hand dipped ice cream and
> fresh candy, watched a blacksmith and horse powered buzz saw, and played
> tic-tac-toe with a chicken, that won every time! Went through the
> haunted cave three times! Fed goats, saw horse farming and just had a
> ball. If you go, look for the tree with a hole through it, you
> won't
> believe what you see insi
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