Benita's visit - Hanging Rock State Park

My cousin, Benita, came out to visit us last weekend - and helped celebrate Payton's birthday. We had a very nice visit. She got here on Saturday and left Tuesday. So we took Monday, to do a little sight seeing. I let Payton skip school and we went to Hanging Rock State Park to see some waterfalls.

It was a beautiful day for the hike. The kids did really well. We went on the Indian Creek Trail, up to Window Falls and back. Along the way, we saw Hidden Falls. Round trip is 1.2 miles of hiking. Basically the first half of the hike was all downhill. Therefore, on the way back to the car, we were going uphill the whole way. Fortunately, I remembered the lollipops. We were about a half of a mile to the end of the trail - when the tired whining started. It was amazing....as soon as the lollipops appeared, all was well with the world.

Hidden Falls

Window Falls

We had a picnic lunch and then trekked home. Ian wasn't into taking pictures that day...