Hiking along Rock Creek
Today was a simple hiking day for the kids to do some fishing. We drove south on 395 to Tom’s Place and then up Rock Creek. It was crowded and trailhead parking was tight. We got one vehicle parked at the trailhead so the girls didn’t have to hike anymore than necessary. We made the short hike to Mack Lake. Cortnie has become much more adventuresome since her backpack trip with Mark, so she wanted to take us on a shortcut (off trail) down to the lakeshore. She did very well choosing how we should descend a little rock scramble. Unfortunately, what none of us realized was that the route along the shoreline was blocked by vertical cliff, so we had to climb back up to the trail.
We staked out a beautiful little spot where Chase could play in the grass and Cortnie and Audree could try fishing.
Mack Lake
This ended up being a delightful, relaxing afternoon. Unfortunately, both girls did fall and scrape their knees. Chase, however, had a ball.
On the way back to the house, we took the girls with us and stopped to hunt two roadside geocaches.
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