Little Bell Reservoir Hike

On Sunday, September 23rd we decided to take another family outing after church.  There is so much beauty around us we wanted to enjoy it while the weather is still warm.  Since we haven't taken the boys up to Little Bell Reservoir in a while, we decided to go there.  Nyles wanted to go to a park, but we kept telling him we should enjoy nature now while the weather is still good and the fall colors are changing.  At first he wasn't sure he'd like it, but after doing the hike he kept saying "Mom, that was a great ideas.  We'll have to do it again!"  Here are some highlights.

Starting our hike up.

Beautiful view and colors.

 Carter hitching a ride up w/ Steve and being silly.

Love this views!

Taking a quick break on the way.

Cute little acorns and beautiful colors as we reach the reservoir.

Carter got down off the backpack as we got to the reservoir.  

Carter was excited to "walk," a word he can also say now!

 

The water was SOOO low in the reservoir.

There is a new bridge now as well to cross the river, though the river wasn't full of water.  

Usually we would find a rock to cross the river, but now we can use the bridge.

 

Pretty colors. 

Ironically it started to rain as we got up there, so we took cover under some trees.

The boys and I made some faces while we waited for the rain to pass.

Cute Carter.

Nyles had to climb on the rocks before going.

Carter wanted to walk a little bit on the way down as well.  Of course I was looking at all the acorns and saw this snake curled up in the middle of them.  I immediately screamed and ran away from it.  Steve had to take a picture though and show the boys.  Yuck!

Now on Steve's shoulders.  Another cute little acorn.

We had a fun walk/hike up to Little Bell Reservoir as a family.  Again we're so blessed to have so many wonderful places so close by to enjoy.  We're so thankful for His creations!

I'm also thankful for beautiful hymns which express how I feel about His creations as well.