A Day in the Wilderness

A few weeks ago, in honor of a break in the "hot-as-Hades" summer we've been suffering through, we decided to take a trip to visit Cove Springs Park in Frankfort. I highly recommend checking it out! Especially in the spring...since it's been so hot and dry alot of the little streams and waterfalls were dried up, but I'm sure it's spectacularly beautiful when everything is fresh and green!

We got to bring our Borrowed Boy, Cameron, and Earl was thrilled to introduce him to the world of GeoCaching, to which he caught on surprisingly fast and is now a huge fan! ;-)

We began our hike at this lovely waterfall, just yards from the parking lot. We figured if this was a taste of things to come we were definitely in the right place! Unfortunately, this was also the most impressive sight we saw. (not counting the multitude of many-legged critters...)

Speaking of....there's one now! We saw tons of these flying beauties!


Cameron totally got into the "hunt for treasure"!


All three kids enjoyed the Great Outdoors for the afternoon...


...until that is, we met....THIS

I spotted this creepy crawly and pointed it out to the kids. Libby was very intrigued, to the point that after I returned it to its grassy home she decided to pay it another visit. It was not so impressed with her and let it be known by a sharp poke...bite...something. In any case, Libby got a nasty welt, her hand swelled up, and after that she greeted each bug with a, "BITE!" and promptly smashed it with a stick.

But, back to the hike. The kids "tracked deer" through this dry river bed...


And we all marvelled at the beauty of nature...


At the very end of the trail sat this cozy little bench that Double Double Toil and Trouble took a rest on. I guess this was the spring, but alas, the water was gone and all that was left was some muck. And more caterpillars.

I also spotted this graffiti...it's so nice someone took the time to paint my initials in the wood for me! (No, it was not Earl, and yes it was there when we arrived!)