Fun at Kintai

 On Saturday, my friend Laura and her 2 girls took me and 3 of my girls over to the Kintai Bridge.  It is famous because it has been here since the 1600's and it is made entirely of wood.  No metal at all. It is a big attraction for folks around here (and not from around here.)  It isn't just the bridge though.  I mean, yes, there is the bridge, but across the street is a lot more stuff.  On Saturday, we did the lot more.

We let the girls play at the water, and took lots of pictures.  I hope you appreciate that I only posted 35 pictures, not the 102 I took!  The girls were fascinated with the very climb-able trees. They also wanted to pose with multiple things.  You may note that Callie has decided on a new pose for her pictures, and it has been taken up by the others as well.

After getting feet and pants wet on the river, there was a little snack.  Then we meandered across the street.  We visited the park and shrine areas. There were lots of interesting things to see.  There was a pond with some incredibly large carp.  Most of our snacks went to the fish.  They were a lot of fun!  We checked out the Pagoda and the girls thought it hysterically funny to pose on the steps.  They played at the playground.  They were cross that I wouldn't let them go into the temple there.  I wasn't sure what the proper protocol was.  They were quickly distracted when they saw some cats.

After chasing the cats, we went in search of ice cream.  We found a lovely place with a huge variety of flavors.  I was a little surprised that the girls chose green apple, and grape flavors.  I went with chocolate and it was quite chocolaty! They place also had chicken on a stick.  It was delicious!!

We had a great day exploring the stuff to see and do there.  The kids had fun and I enjoyed it immensely.   I'm not going to caption all the photos, so if you feel like it, you can take the 15 minutes check them out.