Another activity we did was visit this old castle. I think it is in Ione,Ca. Ron found this in one of his brochures of different museums and places. We thought this would be a great place to explore. And apparently so did the kids because they could stop talking about it when we told them about it. It used to be an old reform school for boys about 100 years ago. Of course it's closed now, but they are trying to restore it. They have tours but we were just barely too late. Oh well, maybe another time. We still were able to look around and explore the outside a bit. Kaeryn said it reminded her of Harry Potter. It was more run down than we thought but it still was very cool to see. We love going to places that are a part of history.
Right behind the kids here carved into the bricks are names of boys who stayed here. There was one we saw that was over a hundred years old. I can't remember the date it said. But we thought it was cool, hundred year old vandlism. How often do you get to see that?
Around the front were a bunch of colums like these. I thought it would make a fun picture.
Another great trip! The kids had fun exploring and want to come back to do the tour sometime.
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