The Rim Rock Trail in the Shawnee National Forest was nice and easy with some pretty views.

We also saw a snake climbing a tree!

But the winner of Shawnee National Forest for us was definitely the Garden of the Gods Trail!

It had an easy walking path, beautiful views, amazing light because of it being late in the day and…

Climbing!

My kids loved climbing on all the rocks.

He takes his photo bombing seriously…

Even little bit loves to climb.

My kids were like “Path? What path?”

We just had to keep an eye on what was on the other side of their climbs.

Thankfully there were plenty of rocks nowhere near the edge.

This was a huge hit!

So glad we found this beautiful hike!