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We went on a trip to see family!

We went on a trip last month to see family in Indiana and Minnesota!

While there I took some half face shots of my nieces and nephews for a possible grandkids wall 😉

And Nick let me get a shot of him so now I have my whole family! Not sure what I will do with them yet. Got some family shots of my sister and their youngest (oldest is an adult so he was not there). We also took some group shots!

We were so close to having everyone!

My brother and sister and their families were not there and one nephew!

My parents have the nicest walking path nearby!

It was a beautiful time of year to walk on it! Nick went into the store to get all the kids that braved the walk a treat 😉 It was warm enough to swim while we were up there!!! The kids had a blast and I am glad we enjoyed the warm weather because it was about to get a lot colder on our next stop 😉

Hemlock Cliffs ~Hoosier National Forest, IN

This was another one from the list of Top places to hike in Indiana.

I had really wanted to hike in Hoosier National Forest but was not sure where to hike so I am really glad I found this one.

It was a beautiful hike!

It was not very long either.

Under 2 miles.

The hike actually goes up on the cliffs! Which was amazing and a bit scary with 5 kids.

Ha

There was a dispersed camping spot right outside of the parking lot for here but someone was already in it.

I thought we would just stumble on another spot to stay at for the night but we did not.

So I chickened out and we stayed at a city park close to the border of Illinois.

I am finding that city parks are pretty cheap and so far pretty nice.

This one was the Lynnville Park Campground and was $18 a night for Electric and Water.

It had a nice lake right next to the campground.

The biggest plus was being a lot closer to Shawnee National Forest!

Which is where we were headed the next day!!!

Spring Mill State Park ~Mitchell, IN

Apparently I have been to Spring Hill State Park when I was younger. I did not remember it though and was not sure what to expect. This beautiful pioneer village was a pleasant surprise! Several of the buildings had heritage interpreters to show you what life would have been like in the 1800’s. She was wonderful with all of my kids crazy questions. We got to show the girls how a mill works.

Hopefully this lesson sticks with them more than if we had just read about it in a book.

Grinding the corn was Little Bit’s favorite. The have a museum on the upper floors of the mill! Checking out the wheel from up above. There was so much to explore!

What a great stop!

Be sure to check this place out if you live in central Indiana!

 

 

I included a quick look into our visit there in this video.