In April Ryan and the kids had spring break. We had grand plans to do fun things like going to the park and we were even planning to go camping in the Great Smoky Mountains, but the week of spring break ended up being unseasonably cold and rainy, so we mostly stayed home and watched our garden die.
But we did go visit Mistletoe State Park one day. Kevin went there on a field trip last fall and had a nice time, so we had been wanting to go see it. It was really cold.
We walked down a trail that was near the parking lot. At first Kevin said he didn't recognize it, but apparently after a while he remembered it because he started saying, "So guys, pretty soon we're going to get to this spot and there's going to be a HUGE hole! Like 50 feet deep!"
And he was right. Well, I don't know if it was 50 feet deep, but it was really deep.
There was a sign that told what these are called, but I can't remember the name anymore. This isn't just a regular river. The whole area used to be farmland in the early 1900s, and the farming practices that were used were not good for the soil and they affected the soil really deep down, so these channels were formed very rapidly by erosion because of the farming practices.
We walked around some more on the trails.
We saw some woodpecker handiwork on several trees:
After that Kevin wanted to play on one of the playgrounds and we briefly explored the beach and had a snack.
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