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Hiking, My Family

I got cocky…

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That was my first mistake.

Nick had just been gone for a whole week earlier this month so one night seemed almost too easy.

Then 4 kids got colds and the weather turned nasty.

On Tuesday after dropping him off at the airport I decided to take advantage of being in town and went for a hike at Oxley Nature Center.

We took the Bird Creek Trail.

Tuesday actually went okay but the next day I decided to do a normal school day and we stayed home. Apparently we do better when we only do fun things all day.

Who knew?
Next time he leaves I am running around like a crazy person again and doing ALL THE THINGS.

Plus, being in the woods just makes me happy.

I should just hike the whole time he is gone.

Or I should live in the woods.

Ha

Wednesday was cold and overcast with freezing drizzle off and on all day.
All this energy should not be kept inside all day… At least our puppy is cute. Glad we are back to 2 adults per 5 kids.

These cuties wore me out.

Ha

Camping, Hiking, Parks

Robbers Cave State Park ~Wilburton, OK

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I started working on this post at the beginning of the week but colds and allergy scares have hit hard this week.
So what can you do if you are worried about your child having an allergic reaction to something?

My best advice would be to carry a small first aid kit with you that has some children’s benadryl tablets in it.

It might buy you enough time to get help.

I carry it with me everywhere and it helps put my mind at ease.

My twins have some pretty bad allergies and while camping we have had some reactions pop up.

We do have epi-pens for them but benadryl has thankfully been enough so far.

I carry a small backpack with me on hikes like this so an epi-pen or benadryl is always close by.

I am glad that we can be prepared but still go on fun adventures like Robber’s Cave. This place is a great stop for adventure loving kids. Our camping spot was directly across from the path to the nature center which was nice! I like camping at places with natures centers(or museums nearby) and hiking paths.

It gives us some options on keeping the kids busy in different weather.

Robber’s cave has some fun boat rentals also.

 

Always something to work on when we take longer trips. This park is unique because of the amazing climbing it has. There are several trails to get to the cave and they range from very difficult to pretty easy. My boys of course wanted to take the hardest path.I might have gotten stuck once or twice.At the nature center.Our pretty spot.Back to the rock climbing.GoofA place like this terrified me when my boys were little and we still made sure to keep a close eye on all the kids and a tight hold on our littlest hand.There was a boy scout troop there when we were though and they were all just running around climbing like crazy. So maybe I am just paranoid. There are steep drop offs though so if you have little ones that is something to keep in mind. The CCC trail is about difficult but not the hardest way to the cave.This is the easiest way that I know off.

Still a bit of climbing at the end.

Great way to finish our trip last month!

Here is a video I made of our trip!