We decided to do the 4 mile Day Loop Trail. We knew it would be hard for Carter to hike that far but he probably walked a third of the trail.
There were a couple of other families that were starting their hike when we pulled into the parking lot. Carter saw another boy with a hiking stick and also had to have one ...
I carried Rylan in the backpack for the first third of the hike ...
A lot of the trail is close to the water. Since that is one of Rylan's few words, it was said over and over and over again.
Their were several spots along the hike where there were dozens of maples trees with beautiful leaves ...
We took a break at about a third of the way and had some snacks. We contemplated turning around at this point to shorten the hike but decided we could complete the 4 miles.
Brian took Rylan after our break and Carter hiked some more ...
I'm really glad that we didn't turn around because the bluff area that we hiked along was the best part of the hike.
Rylan passed out for about 30 minutes ...
Carter spent the majority of the last 1.5 miles on my shoulders.
It took us 2.5 hours to hike 4 miles. We were slow but we took time to enjoy the scenery, teach Carter about different trees and moss, and look into holes in between rocks. Brian and I were worn out after carting around the boys on the hike, but it was a lot of fun!
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