Before I show you what we saw, I have to announce that today's hiking award goes to P. She can hike. About 70 percent of our hike today was on unmaintained gravel roads. When we're walking there, she trudges along, wants piggy back rides, and needs lots of encouragement to keep up the pace. But, as soon as we get on some trail, she is off... and she can move. She leads off in front and sets a pace that keeps the rest of us moving right along and hustling to keep up.
Today we did not get to see any bears ... a good thing. We did see lots of other great stuff though and just had fun.
Our first exciting find, a man made waterfall over the dam of one of the 8 ponds we passed.
Next stop, a really cool rock right by the side of the trail.
In one portion of our hike there were tons of these trees in bloom all along the trail and across the hill.
Here are the kids on top of the world (well, on top of Eagle Rock).
And here are a couple of different views from up there.
We took a walk through the wetland where the wooden path was exciting,
And the big boulders we used to cross two other sections of the wet lands were even more exciting.
We tried to hold back the rocks at "split rock".
And we encountered a pine forest. It looked like we had left NY and were hiking in WA or CA. It was just bizarre how different this area was from the rest of the areas we hiked in today.
We stopped for a picture at the old Stone House.
R and the girls took a short cut while B and I did a 1.25 mile hike over Rattlesnake Hill. We didn't see any rattlesnakes but we did have a great view. I realized, too late that my camera was in the back back R was carrying so I didn't get to take any pictures.
Like true kids, P, C, and B, can't wait to go back and see the exact same places all over again. The good news is that to see their favorite places, we can take some short cuts and we'll only have to go 5 miles next time.
Now, I'm off to soak my feet in the tub.
3 comments:
Looks like a beautiful and fun hike! Hope your feet are feeling better.:)
What fun places to see. You will have to show us your favorites when we are there.
Nice to know you are keeping the long family hikes tradition alive.
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