The Natural State

Last weekend Troy scouted out a series of national parks about 20 minutes from our home. We thought it called for a family hike. 1.5 miles through the rock walls and forests that are Arkansas.















King Troy will see you now.





This is an extension of Beaver Lake. The trail led us right to the water.

Hayley pretending to be Tarzan.

Troy pretending to be a little girl afraid of bugs.

Steep inclines made the hike challenging but fun.

We saw a cave up on a hill and scrambled our way upto it.

Troy promised me he wouldn't crawl inside it.

We see how that went.

That's one good lookin' caveman.

A view of the world from Meghan's POV.

Daddy climbing. Hayley in her "Sassy Hiker" pose.

Faux-hawk meets cave-rock.

There's nothing quite as flattering as high-waisted elastic-band shorts.

Smile and say, "Mom Jeans".

The daddy-long-legs were stumbling over each other, falling from the cave ceiling.

Hay preparing for a butt slide down the path.

Love this shot. LOVE.

You can't see the giant valley between mom taking pictures and dad and hay waiting on the other side. Not to mention the fact that the path was all of a single foot-length wide.

That's a wrap.