We took advantage of a quiet, slightly balmy spring morning this past Sunday to go for a hike. There's a trail in Forest Park off of Germantown road that we've been wanting to try, so we did. And it was great. Each time I enter a forest, it genuinely surprises me just how crisp and fresh the air is. And green! My goodness, spring in a forest is practically electric. Just gorgeous. We are so grateful to live in a part of the country where we can be fifteen minutes outside of a city and feel like we're in the middle of nowhere.
So Madelyn loved the trees and the flowers and the birds and all, but the mud was the true star. She kept looking at us like "Are you sure this is ok?" Stomp away, baby, stomp away. All rules are off in a forest :)
Such pretty little wildflowers.
Stunning little fiddle-head fern.
Love the scale of this photo.
Next to the mud, the slugs were Maddie's favorite part of hiking. The last half of the hike turned into a bonafide slug hunt. She would've touched them if I had let her, but sadly for Madelyn, that is one rule that still stands in the forest...
Our big girl hiker...
...who's still little enough to get tuckered out after 2.5 miles.
So Madelyn loved the trees and the flowers and the birds and all, but the mud was the true star. She kept looking at us like "Are you sure this is ok?" Stomp away, baby, stomp away. All rules are off in a forest :)
Such pretty little wildflowers.
Stunning little fiddle-head fern.
Love the scale of this photo.
Next to the mud, the slugs were Maddie's favorite part of hiking. The last half of the hike turned into a bonafide slug hunt. She would've touched them if I had let her, but sadly for Madelyn, that is one rule that still stands in the forest...
Our big girl hiker...
...who's still little enough to get tuckered out after 2.5 miles.
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