We packed up and took the girls camping at Mark Twain State Park at the beginning of the month. It was the first trip for all 3 of them, so we chose to try cabin camping. It was a fabulous experience for everyone!
The girls got to learn how to build a campfire and cooked hotdogs over the fire.
Our cabin was right at the lake, but it was down a somewhat steep hill. It was very picturesque. Madeline decided to draw the scene in her nature journal on our first night there.
The girls searched for and found many fossils in the rocks by the lake.
Of course there were s'mores.
They learned about cooking on a camp stove.
We had a great hike, although the ticks were particularly bad. Madeline says that she took 13 off of herself. I'm not sure it was quite that many, but there were quite a few. We were finding them days after we returned home.
We also found quite a few snails on our hike.
And some great deer tracks.
The girls made ice cream for snack.
We went and played on the beach.
And we all enjoyed the campfire at night.
Mark Twain Lake is controlled by the Cannon Dam. We decided to also take a trip to see the dam while we were there. It was very interesting.
We had to hike up a few steps to get to the look out. Most of the areas at the dam were closed, I believe for security reasons.
This is a picture of the dam from the look-out.
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