Hike to the Falls

We live about 15 minutes from a state park that has a number of hiking trails.  One of our favorite trails leads to a waterfall area.  Since the trail is mostly tree-covered, it remains fairly cool even on hotter days. 

We’ve had hotter than normal weather…but it was supposed to cool down a bit yesterday {to the mid-80s}.   We figured it was a perfect day to take our kiddos to explore this trail...

Every walk begins with the search for the perfect walking stick.

And you must climb every rock that you find alongside the trail.

When we reached the falls {which were not very big due to the lack of rain in our area}, the two older kiddos and dh hiked to the top of a large section of rocks…

while ds3 and I remained back at the bottom of the falls area.  Ds3 is emerging from his “I don’t want my picture taken” phase into a “take my picture please mommy {cheesy grin}” phase :)

Ds8 hopped his way back down the rocks {while his mama looked on, praying that he didn’t miss one}.

Here are some random pictures from our hike…

I may have even gotten a picture for this year’s Christmas card…

Note ~ Remember to bring a bag next time…to hold all the acorns ds3 collects :)