Cherry Springs Park

Just south of town there are a lot of nature walk trails that wind around the base of the mountains. Last Saturday, right after the boys and I got back from the father and son campout, we met up with Rebecca's brother Ryan and his friend and had lunch over a fire. When we first got there we were hoping to find a set of picnic tables or something, but instead we found a perfect spot off the main trail a little. It had one of the largest trees I had ever seen that was perfect for climbing. It wasn't tall like the really big evergreens that I saw growing up in Washington, but super wide and it looked like it was probably really old. The children were able to climb on it while we started the fire. We cooked up some hotdogs and had some other yummy snacks. We then played in the river a little - just throwing stuff in, not actually going in ourselves. It was a great way to spend a sunny afternoon. We have been having an unusual amount of rain this year, so I am glad that we were able to get some nice weather in while Ryan was here.