A Hiking We Will Go...

We've been hiking at some of our local state parks lately.  The weather has been wonderful and it's hard to say no to being outside!  The closest state park we have is Silver Springs in Yorkville.  It has some nice trails through the woods and a small lake.  Ruby is crazy for throwing rocks into the water. 

Here we are at Matthiessen State Park in Utica.  We all loved this park!  I felt like we were on vacation.  There were amazing rock formations and canyons here.  I knew we were in for a good trip when I saw signs saying, "No camping, rappelling, or rock or ice climbing are allowed"!  Oh okay, I won't rappel.  Ha!  Ruby was in heaven exploring the little streams and caves in the lower dell area.  I most certainly want to visit this park again during a wet season to see waterfalls.