She who hikes and climbs

Last Friday L and I decided that even though we both had appointments we were going to go hiking. We both  agreed that it didn't matter if we made it to the top or half way. We just wanted and needed to go hiking. We decided to meet at 5pm at Wallace Falls State Park . When we arrived we literally had the whole parking lot to park in, where as you go on the weekends there is no where to park and end up parking down along the road. This park has an electronic pay station, nice clean bathrooms and water. The trail starts off very wide and flat and you end up walking under the power lines, which the noise of the power lines is pretty cool to listen to. Our fearless leaders take the lead as usual. Stay right at the "Y," going left takes you up the longer road trail, which can also be used for mountain bikes. There is also the Woody Trail, which if I remember correctly it is a newer trail. Will have to check it out next time we go. The views are great all ...

After our climbing trip, we came home for the 4th of July, then the following morning loaded the kids and dog and headed down to a 5 day camping trip on the Oregon Coast with my husband's family. We totally did nothing the first couple of days which was really nice. We then decided as a group that we were going to go hiking one day on one of the trails in the park. We started from the campground as you can see in the picture below and the boys insisted on bringing their bikes. Cookie was ready to go. We cut through this short little path instead of going on the road to the trail head. It was a nice little path to take. I found this tree root system very interesting. The kids had to check out the view of the beach from the view point. See what I mean? My little hiker....she loves to go on all of them. Finally reached the trail head. :) Stay to the right at the "T." We then crossed a bridge over this stream. Which if I rem...