We took a nature walk at one of our favorite locations today, Rock Bridge State Park. It was such a gorgeous day! We took the Devil's Ice Box Trail, which is a boardwalk path that leads to the Devil's Ice Box Cave. We have been on this trail several times and down into the cave a few times as well. I was surprised that the younger two girls seemed to be a bit reluctant to go in, although they have been through the cave tour before, but I suppose it has been a while since we have been there. Also, Hailey seems to be going through a stage of being very cautious about everything. Recently she has been very hesitant to get on the trampoline in gymnastics and she was very careful going over the wooden bridges today as well. Anyway, Madeline was excited to go into the cave, or at least into the part that get sunlight. She did take her headlight, but did not want to go back into the dark portions of the cave.
We also saw lots of different types of plants and insects. We saw more dragonflies than I think I have ever seen. We usually find lots of life in the stream, but there was really none that could easily be found today. The girls did have fun finding different types of rocks in the stream, including some containing iron that they thought might be from Mars. They also made some new friends.
Madeline standing in the cave.
Looking up from inside the cave.
Looking down into the cave. That big grey rock is the one Madeline was standing on.
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