Only a handful of days after Olustee, our family and the beloved Hs decided that we just hadn't gotten our fill of reenactment delights, so we zipped over to Tallahassee to enjoy the quaint, simple, and breathtakingly beautiful Natural Bridge.
The main hub-bub with the suttlers and camps is close to the entrance of the park; however, just trot a few yards around a bend in the road, and you'll come to this serene North Florida beauty.
Plenty of strong, healthy oak trees about for little ones to scramble up.
And this little bridge hosted a game of Pooh Sticks last year, but this year the current was slow (read: non-existent). That didn't stop a few of us dropping twigs, hoping it would emerge on the other side.
Naturally with the gorgeous backdrop the Lord provided for us, the cameras remained out and flashing.
I'm afraid they were often met with somewhat less-than-enthusiastic models.
The boy(s) especially did not attend merely for pictures and walks. Their long awaited moment finally came: the battle. We were able to view and participate in the first reenactment of Natural Bridge fought on the original battle site.
We ladies watched in anxious anticipation. Only one of our boys was wounded (not pictured below), but he seemed to smile mischievously the whole time, so our worries were eased considerably.
There's nothing like cannon boom and smoke!
And, finally, my favorite picture from the event, Emmy Xiang and I admire the beautiful memorial but even more the bravery of the men in whose memory it was erected.
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