Little River Canyon - by Isa and Gabi

Today we went to Little River Canyon National Preserve.  First we looked around and we didn't know which way to go.  So we went on the boardwalk and we saw the waterfall.  It was really pretty and it was a long way down.

Next we hiked down a trail which led us to the river above the falls. The water was warm! We did not get near the edge because it was a really big drop and Sophie was with us.  We didn't want her to fall!  The ranger had to blow her whistle at people who were standing on the falls.  Not a good idea.

Then we hiked to Martha's falls.  It started to rain, so the rocks on the trail got slippery.  We had to be really careful. The trail had a lot of forks, so it took us a while to figure out where to go. Finally we made it.  We went down to the water and there was a lot of algae.  It was slippery everywhere.  We slid down the rocks on the algae.  It was shallow where we were.  There were people jumping off the cliffs into the pool below - it was deeper, but there were rocks.  Mom and Dad said, "No way."

Luke went rock climbing!

It was raining the whole time we were playing in the river. That didn't matter because we were wet anyway.  When it was time to hike back, the rain stopped.  Lucky!  It took a lot less time to get back because we knew the trail.

We got dirty.  Mom and Dad made us change before they would let us back into the car. That was weird because there wasn't a bathroom or anything, so they had to hold towels up so we could change in the parking lot.  Not good.

We had a lot of fun.  It was a beautiful place to be on a Saturday afternoon.