Here is proof that I love my kids. I’ve been going hiking. And, I actually do enjoy it. Mostly.
I’ll elaborate…
This last Saturday, we drove about 35 minutes away to Caesar Creek State Park to do the Horseshoe Falls Trail. I estimate that we did a little over 2.5 miles. When you get close to the falls, there is a big creek bed and the kids had a blast walking on the rocks, getting their feet wet in the creek, and finding lots of rocks with fossils on them. The falls are only about 3 feet high, but sound awesome and look pretty. Then, just a little further on the trail is a suspension bridge that they kids loved jumping on and making it sway back and forth. You can walk along the creek bed in the water up to the bridge or use the trail. The paths are marked well with trail markers and maps or you can print a map from this link for the more detailed trail map and then a larger view here.
To get there from Cedarville, we took 42 North, turned left at the first light in Waynesville, then right on Clarksville, left on Oregonia, and then left into the Wellman Camping area. We should have turned left at the first parking area, but we missed it so we drove down to the boat ramp area which has a huge parking lot. On the opposite side of the boat ramp, there is the entrance to the trail starting at F. It probably added about a third of a mile to our hike. We began at F then went to E, G, B, A where we caught the blue trail and went down to the swinging bridge. On the way back, we circled around on the red trail from E1-C for something different and had gorgeous views of the lake. We definitely want to go back and do some different trails and see the Pioneer Village (not sure what this is but sounds nerdy/fun).
Hooray for making memories. I remember nothing before high school, so maybe they won’t be like me and might remember that their Dad and I weren’t lame and tried to do fun things. Maybe. Fingers Crossed. If not, this blog is my proof:/
