I remember hiking this trail with my husband rather early on in our relationship. I thought it would be fun to take our kids too. There’s an arch in the same area, but we didn’t make it there because there was a lot of snow. It’s easy to get so eager to go hiking once the weather warms up, but trails are often still covered in snow. We were prepared. Although Henry broke his arm the day before. (He and his brother were fighting on the tramp and he was pushed and fell on his outstretched arm. Resulting in a broken elbow.) He wasn’t allowed to do anything harder than walking. The end of the trail does get rather tricky with some climbing. Henry and Peter turned back early, and we finished with the other kids.

Beautiful place, although I think most of the kids preferred the pizza restaurant we visited before the hike.

We also enjoyed our annual leprechaun hunt for St. Patrick’s Day. ChatGPT was very helpful in making that, along with a leprechaun trap kit from the local party supply store. I kind of like the easy holidays like St Patrick’s Day.

There are also some pictures of normal life: library visits, and trampoline time. Evie and Zack adore the trampoline. We did add an enclosure after this picture, and hopefully, we only have one broken bone on it…