State Forest

About 15 minutes from the house there is a huge state forest! We went to check it out Christmas day and loved it so much we went back again the next! It didn't hurt that it was 50 degrees both days.

There will be a picture overload (you're welcome, Ma!- And Nanny, I will put them up on facebook for you too) in this post. It is two days worth of pictures. The second day we took Eli as well! It was fun. What isn't photographed is the 2-3mile hike we did after playing at the lake. While in the woods, we saw a deer and then later two deer bounding away. Without Eli, I am not sure we even would have noticed them they were so well hidden. The hike trail is 10.5 miles one way- so it is a good sized hike!

 Surprisingly, Eli LOVED the slide!! He went down it probably 15-20 times. Which of course the kids thought was hilarious (ok, we did too)

 On the drive out of the forest, we saw 6 deer!