Here is our campsite at Natural Bridge State Park. It was right on a creek. There was a big rock over the creek and kids were jumping off the rock into the water all day. We really enjoyed watching them.
We hiked one of the trails that went to Hensons Sinkhole. The first part of the hike was steep and slippery, but we made it. The trail led to a sinkhole with a ladder down into it and a little water falls running into the sinkhole. It was really neat. We took turns going down into the sink hole, just in case the hole fell in and one of us needed to go for help.
There is a chairlift to the top of Natural Bridge. We didn't take it and decided to take the interpretive tour. Well, our tour guide was a young botanist. He walked so fast that we were both really out of breathe; what should have taken at least an hour to climb, we did in 25 hard minutes. So, if you decide to hike the trail to Natural Bridge, be sure that Walter isn't your guide!
BUT WE MADE IT TO THE TOP OF THE ARCH!!
Here is the skylift we DIDN'T take!
Here is Gene at the top
The view from the top
After we got to the top of the arch we decided to hike Laurel trail to the overlook in this picture. All of these areas are scary because they don't have any type of fencing at all around anything!
Then we chose to go back down thru Devils Gulch. It was really tight and steep with lots of steps. It wasn't crowded at all and looked like there could be lots of snakes and other critters around. There were bear warning signs posted on the trails.
The last trail that we took was the Lake Trail. This is by far the easiest trail. Relatively flat, cleared and wide.
We had a great long weekend!
