Apple River Canyon State Park

My family and I love to go to different parks to walk on trails. A lot of times we will leave at a moments notice with no planning involved. Last Saturday was a perfect day to take one of these trips. We gathered up water bottles, snacks, and fishing gear and headed out. As we were backing out of the driveway, we decided to go to Apple River Canyon State Park. It had been a while since our last visit, and I remembered that the kids had fun climbing on the rock formations.

This big rock was fun to climb!

Steve and Drake on the cliff.

Walking the trail! It began with a climb up these stairs.

This was a fun-pic. Drake's idea. ;-)

This is a look out area with a great view.

Drake took this picture of us. Ava wanted to take our picture too, but I told her I wanted to keep moving and she could take it at another spot. She was upset about that. Here Ava is storming away from us. She was trying to get away as fast as she could. Little did she know, that bright blue shirt and pink hat could be spotted anywhere. ;-) Thankfully, she got over it quickly.

Mossy-Earthy-Rocky

Steve and Drake fished, but they didn't catch anything.