Petite Jean

Today Jay, Jayci, and I loaded up in the car and went on a little adventure. At first this adventure was just going to be for Jay and I. However, since Jay has been out of town a lot lately and I have been super busy with school we decided to take Jayci along with us. Our adventure consisted of going to Petite Jean State Park. Which ordinarily for Jay and I would not be an adventure but this was the first time we had ever taken Jayci with us. And let me just tell you she was FABULOUS!!! We hiked around for 3 - 3 1/2 hours and she was so good. Here is a map of the park and trails.

Jay & Jayci when we first got there!

Jayci & Me

First we went down Bear Cave Trail. This trail had lots of really big rocks. In fact we decided to climb up one and eat our lunch. We arrived at Petite Jean at about 11:30 so it was a good time and a great location to eat lunch.

Jayci & Jay

Can you tell she loves her daddy?!?

Doesn't this look like a great spot to eat lunch? It was!!!

Nothing like peanut butter sandwich, a carrot and blue skies all around!

After giving our selves plenty of energy with lunch we decided to climb around on some of the smaller rocks.

Jayci & I showing what tuff girls we are!

Jay & Jayci on their really big rock climbing mission! Jayci kept saying, "I am soo Brave."
Of Course there is nothing like getting a little help from Dad on the way down the rocks.

Or A LOT of help!After this trail we headed over to Ceder Creek Falls trail. This trail was considered a moderately hard trail. This trail goes a little further into the woods and makes a big loop. We did not do the big loop. Instead we cut over to the boy scout trail (a moderate to hard trail) and went to see the waterfall overlook.

***Side note: We had planned on going down the trail that leads down to the bottom of the waterfall. However, I thought that it might be a little too hard for Jayci and did not want to attempt it her first time hiking around on a mountain. Well I was wrong because she did excellent and this trail was pretty hard.



So instead of seeing the bottom of the waterfall we just saw the top (I didn't take any pictures). Which was really good enough!

Walking down the trail like such a big girl. There was a pre NO WHINING clause stated and signed at the beginning of the day!

A little jump down!

Stopping to feel the water on the way down. It was pretty chilly.

This is stopping to splash water on our hot faces on the way back. Really hoping the water is clean!

After this trail Jayci started to get a bit tired but we wanted to go to one more place. This really neat cave. It is super huge and is made of rocks. In fact it is called Rock House Cave. This was the last stop of the day!

Tired but still willing to be brave to climb some rocks!

She was super brave on this one and climbed around all by herself. OK Jay was just right outside of the picture. But she felt very brave and proud of her self.

I love fall! Today was the perfect fall day! We had a beautiful time and just loved being a family. Many thanks were given to God as we ventured through His forest today!