Nature
Well, the first half of my vacation is pretty much over, so I figured I'd report on the trip out to Whetstone Gulf State Park on Monday.
The weather ended up being beautiful. We were a little iffy on going because of the forecast of rain in the afternoon, but the entire time we were out there, the weather was perfect. Sunny, but not too warm… excellent outdoor activity weather.
The activities ended up getting cut a little short. There's a trail that runs around the gorge that the park is built on and we were going to try that…but it ended up being a little too much to handle and eventually we turned back.
The picnic area was as awesome as I remembered, right next to the creek. The park was pretty much empty once you got away from the swimming area, so we found a nice shady spot next to he creek and settled in for the grilling of steaks, the eating of deviled eggs and the peanut butter pie that was made for the occasion. Hopefully we can wander back out that way some weekend for another picnic and to attempt one of the less aggressive trails…
It was a little weird going back there as I really haven't been out there for years. It was more a place from my early childhood memories and less an actual place. Naturally, the biggest thing was that the park seemed so much smaller than I actually remembered it. The road running through the park was much much smaller than I thought it was, thinking of it.
All in all it ended up being a pretty nice day. Like I said, hope we get a chance to wander back there in the future. Well, I will be back there in August probably, as we're doing a family meeting type thing there. Whetstone is the official campground of my moms side of the family, so it makes sense that's the venue for the gathering of peoples.
I took a couple more pictures, which can be found over here
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about 7 months ago
NumbeOne says you must be wimpy to not make it around the gorge. You must of started up the wrong side. One side is a very steep up hill climb better to come down that way, this would be the side by the swimming pool. The other side is a gradual up hill after you get up the hill at the start of the trail, this would be the side that is sort of on the campsite side across form the swimming area. The pictures are nice, makes #1 miss the fun she had at Wetstone.