We were still having beautiful weather mid-September, so we decided to go for another day hike as a family. Again, we didn't want one too demanding for the girls. And we decided to take Buddy so that he could keep us safe from snakes. We headed to Winthrow Springs State Park and went on the Dogwood Trail. They say it is really pretty in the Spring when all of the dogwood trees are blooming. It was fun getting out, but it wasn't the most impressive trail we've been on. We did capture several pictures from our trip, though.
Allie caught a grasshopper, which "pooped" on her hand. She was fairly disappointed. We loved the face she made.
Allie got a kid's camera for her birthday, and she brought it along for our adventure. She loves taking pictures of everything.
Just a neat tree
The trail was extremely rocky, and most of the rocks were loose. It wasn't like they brought rocks in to make a path, it was just rocky. We didn't love that aspect of the trail. At one point, there were a lot of loose rocks on a hill. Daddy was brave and carried Rachel, who was scared to walk down it (she had slipped on some rocks already), and had Buddy on the leash. They made it down safely. I held Allie's hand, and we also made it down safely.
It was beautiful seeing the light come through the trees.
The trail was a loop that started by a road, went through the woods to the campsites, and then looped back to the road. Near the campsites, there was a grassy area that the girls really enjoyed.
Allie occasionally got ahead of us and would then wait.
Rachel and Daddy
We expected Buddy to try and go off the trail, but he did very good at staying on the trail and not pulling ahead on the leash too much. He did a great job of scaring the snakes; we didn't see any. Allie was especially proud of him for that accomplishment. He was very thirsty at the end, so we gave him water in a little kid's bucket we had. There was a picnic table at the trail head, where we enjoyed the lunch we had packed.
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