I love hiking

This fall our family has been into hiking. About a month ago, we went to Starved Rock. It was really pretty, but the trails were kind of a bummer. They had board walks thru the woods and steps going up the hill. It didn't really feel like hiking.

But just this past Sunday we went to Farmdale Park with some families. We ended up getting lost and had quite the adventure! We climbed up a really steep hill thinking it would get us back... but when we got up there we found out that there was no way to go but down. Later, we came to a really wide creek and we knew that if we got across it, we would be back to our vehicles. So we all rolled up our pants and took off our shoes & socks and waded thru the ice cold water. Thankfully it wasn't very deep!

I wish it would stay warmer longer so we could go explore more places! :)

Here's just a couple pictures from Starved Rock:
It would've been really pretty with the leaves colorful, but it was such a late fall this year, that they hadn't started changing yet.