Hiking with sticks

It has been a while since we have gone on a nice out if the city nature hike. Today we headed to Franklin Falls. It was hot in the city. The woods, river and mountain air felt good.

It is not a long hike, however the boys seemed a bit tired. They complained more than I had ever heard them- saying "we're tired, we're hungry, can we go home now?"

The falls didn't even enchant them until after a hearty lunch in the shade. Then the rocks, pools of water and the waterfall spray rejuvenated them. They were happy all the way down the path: investigating trees. Looking up and down. Wanting to visit the river- which we did.

Sticks were a wonderful aid to their explorations. They poked, they swung, They skipped. They watched them float down the river.