Wednesday, July 20, 2011

A walk in the woods

One of our favorite things to do down in Delaware (aside from the beach, of course) is going hiking in White Clay Creek State Park.  It’s very close to my parents’ house and has a nice, wide trail that goes along a creek.  We find beaver dams and in the past we have seen ducks, but this time the only wildlife we saw was the tiny kind.

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There were lots of beautiful dragonflies!

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Hiking with Auntie Denise, he says, “Auntie Denise, I love you.”

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The main attraction is where the trail gets close enough that we can go on the riverbank, and throw rocks.  Oh, we could spend hours doing this!  Eli is getting in on the action now too. 

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He yells, “Big rock!  Splash!”  He went splash too one time.  Oops.  Oh, Auntie Denise, I see you on your iPhone!  Busted!

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But to be fair, Auntie Denise is the one who found the fish and pointed them out to the kids.  They were tiny but we could see them!  Finally we turn around and head back to the car.  The kids were exhausted even though it was mid morning and this was how we left the park:

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These kids are getting too HEAVY for this!

1 comment:

Ian and Emme.s Dad said...

I like the way that your mom carry Eli