Mini Eco Adventure at Hickory Run State Park

After Caroline's soccer game on Saturday morning, Scott and I took the family on a little fall eco-adventure trip up to Hickory Run State Park.  We were hoping to enjoy some fall colors on the Lehigh River. While I know that hiking and biking don't really count as an "eco-adventure" in the minds of hard core trekkers, I'm deeming our little day trip an "eco adventure" for the following reasons:

1) The girls biked for a long time, over 7 miles. This distance is more impressive when you factor in that Caroline's bike is now so small for her she could be in a circus act.  She really has to peddle those tiny wheels a lot to keep up with Scott and me.

2) Speaking of bikes, my bike gears froze in 7th (hardest gear to pedal) for the majority of the ride, which made the ride fairly challenging since I was towing Ben.

3) We climbed on boulders for an hour or so.

4) The weather forecast for sunny skies and 60 degrees didn't materialize, instead it was cloudy and an a brisk 47. That's extra brisk when you are biking.


Side note, Ben does not get "eco adventure" credit for the bike portion of the excursion since he was relaxing with snacks and legos in the carrier.

Ben sitting in the lap of luxury

(Legos are under that blanket)

We planned this trip the hopes of hitting "peak" fall foliage along the Lehigh Gorge Trail.  We missed "peak" color by a week or so, but it was still beautiful.

The boulders at Hickory Run State Park were deemed "super cool".  This boulder field was deposited by glaciers and is the largest geological formation of this type in the Eastern U.S.

There are a LOT of boulders here:

 Close-up Shot

Wider Angle

Really Wide Angle Shot -- Can you find the kids?

(look in the middle for Caroline's blue sweatshirt)

Now I know I shouldn't condone graffiti, but this was kind of neat to run across