Camping Day 3

We slept in a bit later for our last morning at Whitewater State Park, had a similar breakfast as Saturday and then began the packing...blah. I hate packing up, especially after such a fun, short time! Once the car was loaded we headed to the beach area to do a hike, play in the water and have a picnic before heading home. 

The first hike we attempted was kind of a major fail...it was steps. LOTS of rock steps. Very high and big. Linnea gave it her best shot and so did I, but me almost 6 months preggers and her with her short lil legs had to turn around. Chuck and Deanna kept going to the top but we found a much more family friendly trail to go on before hitting the beach. 

heading up...

heading down...

we tried but there were just too many steps!

so we stopped at the bottom for a picture of us

and some flowers

and the river

and found the perfect gentle family hiking trail!

and took one last family photo before heading to the beach for our picnic and wading/swim time!

The beach was FREEZING but very pretty and full of tadpoles which Linnea thought was pretty cool. We had a Curious George book all about tadpoles and have seen the Curious George episode where he takes care of them until they turn into frogs so Linnea was pretty excited about seeing them in real life. 

After about an hour of playing we decided we were getting tired and it was time to head home, and we must've decided that at the perfect time because lil miss who NEVER sleeps in the car, slept for a good hour on the way home I think! She also surprised and slept for about 45 minutes in the car on Saturday! 

It was a wonderful trip that we hope we can do every year! Linnea was a great camper...when we weren't hiking or playing she kept herself busy collecting rocks and sticks in her bucket, playing with bubbles, coloring, playing with playdough at the picnic table, finding caterpillars, flowers, leaves, etc.