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state park - take 1

last week we headed south for a fun filled vacation. we ventured into a few state parks to take in some hiking! usually, mapboy and princess both complain the whole time - and this time, mapboy couldn't get enough of the hiking and swimming. princess, well, there was marked improvement and when i watched her take 3 steps to her daddies 1 i gave her a lot more credit!


here we are at mc cormicks creek...this was our first time there and i'd definitely go back!



our first hike took us to a waterfall...there was rather interesting and large lady that had plopped herself smack at the bottom of it. i guess she was hot, but she looked like she was sitting on a throne. several families were playing in the water and i even stopped to watch a very long snake join them!



here is my brood in wolf cave...it was technically closed, but we could go in a little ways. this was cool and the kids purchased special hats for this adventure. i thought the hats were unecessary, but daddy always gives in:)


at this point i think we were at 200 stairs. mapboy counted...we had to have done atleast 1000 by the end of our week!



you don't want to know!!! or do you?? it is his new game, pig polo! we played mini-golf one night at a course that could have been amazing if had not been left to fall apart - literally! but we had a good time. the kids love mini-golf!!





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