Fall Creek Falls

Chloe tackled the swinging bridge on her own.

Avery called this the scary path. They're trying to look scared. Not sure it worked!

Nature constantly amazes me. This tree was so cool!

at the base of the falls

We had a great weekend trip to Fall Creek Falls. We don't often take the time to visit the beautiful places around us, so we're trying to change that. We rented a cabin for the weekend, and just spent time together. It was so much fun! We went hiking a little on Friday, and most of Saturday. We all went to bed pretty early because we were worn out by the end of the day. It was a good feeling.
We just went to a few overlooks on Fri. when we got there. We weren't sure if the weather was going to cooperate, so we didn't want to save everything for Sat. Chloe was very excited about seeing her first ever waterfall! The kids were all excited to go hiking, but Chloe was a little hesitant at first. When we first saw the big falls, and I told her we were going to hike to the bottom of it, she said she didn't want to. After I explained that there was a trail, she was ok with it. I think she thought what she saw at the overlook was what she was going to have to climb down! She quickly became comfortable on the trails, and was able to keep up a good pace. As she said, she had some jumping and hiking skills!! As well as she did, the boys were constantly ahead of us. They would have loved to just be set free, but we made them stay with us.
We were blessed with a beautiful day on Sat. It rained during the day on Fri., and then again Sat. night and Sun., so we felt really lucky that Sat. was so nice. It was a little chilly at first, but as soon as we got going, it warmed up.
I think we're going to try to see how many state parks we can visit. Some will be days trips, and others we'll have to stay overnight. I can't wait to see it all!