We wanted to take the kids on a hike to enjoy the fall colors so last Saturday we headed up to Hanging Rock State Park. We originally wanted to go camping but we didn't really plan far enough in advance so the campsites were all taken. It is a little less than 2 hours away so a day trip would do. We started off with by doing the trail up to hanging rock. It is 1.3 miles each way. Dan wore Michael on his backpack. The other two did great! There was a really pretty view at the top of the big rock outcrop. Walking out on the rocks made me a little nervous with the kids but we all survived.
Quick, funny story: Ethan decided he need to go poop while we were at the top. It is a busy park so going off the trail a little and going unnoticed wasn't going to happen. I grabbed his hand and tried to go back as fast as we could. Of course, when we finally got to the visitor's center there was a line at the women's restroom and apparently no one in line has kids because they were completely unsympathetic. Seeing that there is another restroom Ethan ran right into the Men's restroom without me. I kept looking to see if Dan was anywhere near so that he could go in and help, but he was no where to be seen. Then a man comes out of the restroom sees me standing outside of the door and asked me if I have a little guy in the restroom. He said that he was trying to sit on the urinal and told him to go into the stall. He said that no one else was in the bathroom and offered to stand guard at the door so that I could go in. I was standing outside of the stall with the door open hoping Ethan would hurry up when I man came in from another entrance. I ran in the stall and shut the door hoping he didn't see me. A few moments later I looked out the crack in the door to see a man standing outside waiting for the stall. I was freaking out! Ethan finally finished, we wiped, pulled up his pants, I grabbed his shoes off of the floor, picked Ethan up, shielded my eyes and ran out of the bathroom. Did I mention that there were people everywhere?!? And they also saw me come out of the Men's restroom. I needed to go to the bathroom but I found Dan and hung out at the car. It was so embarrassing! The things we do for our kids!
After all of that we grabbed our lunches and headed out on a short hike to see a waterfall. It was really pretty. Parker loved it. He sat there and watched it for a long time all by himself.


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Great pictures! Thanks for the very good laugh I had Kari.
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