Wallace Falls

With no "big" travel plans this summer, I had goals for keeping busy with local, inexpensive yet fun activities.  I even made a "Summer Bucket List!"  Right out of the gate, our very first weekday of summer break, I had big plans for a hike at Wallace Falls....a hike that one of my friends said she did with her small kids and it wasn't very difficult...only, she was actually talking about Franklin Falls, not Wallace Falls.  Although, I really don't think Wallace Falls was too difficult, if I hadn't been wearing a 25 lb toddler on my back...the entire time!

The trail was well marked, which is a must when I am leading the way!  Although there was a little confusion about which were the "lower" falls and which were the "medium" falls and which were not falls at all.

Luckily we met some hikers on the way up that told us not to tackle the upper falls with a baby on my back.

We stopped at the lower falls to have a picnic.

These are the middle falls.  They were so beautiful with the green trees and blue sky with scattered clouds.

  

 On the way back down, the girls left Tyson, Summer and I in their dust.  Poor Tyson slipped and sliced his knee up pretty bad.  Luckily he was tough enough to make it the rest of the way down the mountain and lucky I had a first aid kit in my back pack!!  Too bad the girls took all the water with them.  I probably should have taken Tyson to get stitches because it still hasn't healed quite right 2 weeks later.

We had to stop at Sultan's Bakery on the way home because I had heard so many raving reviews and it was pretty good.  It was so cute that when I told Summer she could pick anything she wanted, she picked this little pink doughnut--notice Tyson in the background with his giant cookie?

Next time, I think I'll bring someone with me who can trade off with the baby back pack!!