Colvin Run Mill & Egg Hunt

I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone by visiting a new historic site that happened to be holding an Egg Hunt today.  So, we traveled to Great Falls, VA and visited the Colvin Run Mill, which was a state-of-the-art hydraulic mill built in 1811.  The site also has a General Store that sells items of yore.  However, the problem with my plan was the corresponding Egg Hunt and the masses of young children that kept us from doing anything except crafts and our egg hunt.  It was a cute little site, but probably best to go on a quiet day when they offer tours and plenty of picnic tables.

The Egg Hunt part made the trip completely worth it.  They offered four craft tables where Alison made a paper plate chick and two bunnies.  Then they shuttled us all outside just in time for the hunt to start.

Waiting for the hunt to begin

No skills necessary to actually find the eggs

I don't think my competitiveness was passed down to Alison.  She was supposed to grab six eggs, but she walked over to a blue one that she liked and proceeded to spend inordinate amounts of time inspecting its contents - right then and there.  I finally convinced her to find another egg and when we were all done, she had five eggs, but two from children who had gathered at least ten and were told they needed to share.  She, of course, was thrilled and spent the entire ride home eating nine jelly beans and playing with a plastic frog.

An egg in the basket is worth six on the ground surrounded by other ravenous two-year-olds

Showing off her stash

Needless to say, Alison is really excited for the Easter Bunny to come in a week.  I think I might tell him that hiding five eggs may just be the perfect amount.