Elephant Rock

The first weekend of Brent's break we decided to try a hike in our neck of the woods so we went up to Mueller Park Canyon to hike the "Elephant Rock" trail.  Brent has been so busy with school that it was so much fun to just spend the whole day hiking together. And he was happy to have the camera back in his hands, he sure loves it.

these little bridges were so fascinating to the boys.

I just had to capture this cool design. Nature is so cool!

If you've been reading our blog for any length of time, you will have already surmised that fashion is not one of our strengths.

Chico wasn't so much in the hiking mood that day. He was more content to talk to Daddy and draw in the dirt and play with sticks and rocks.

It really was a pretty view on the way up. And yes, that is Elephant rock you see clear in the distance.  If I'd known it was about a 6 mile hike round trip we wouldn't have attempted it.

We finally made it to the rock after three hours. Chico decided he wanted to climb on the rock so Brent took him down there while I stayed above with Griz. I couldn't get a picture of them but if you have x-ray vision you can see them through those dense trees. It was too dangerous for them to go to the top of the rock.

I love how you can see Grizwald's teeth in this pic.

I'm not seeing the Elephant. You?

Always the silly pose.