Into the Wild: Family Day Breakfast & Hike

June 5, 2010

This summer we discovered a perfect place to take the whole family for an easy hike! In the city of Pleasant Grove, there is a yearly hike and free breakfast around June. We drove about two miles away from our house to Kwanis Park. To our surprise, our good friends Dave and Amy were there with their three kids. The breakfast included: bananas, grapes, melons, specialty breads, scones, and juice. A healthy way to start a hike! After breakfast, the kids got to make a crafty necklace made with beads, straws, foam embellishments, and so forth. The purpose of the necklace was to hold the tickets which they received by participating in activities. The parents got a huge packet full of coupons from local businesses in the area as well as was entered into a raffle to win prizes. We were happy to show off our new CamelBak, which we got on sale at Cabalas. We went in the direction of right from the food pavilion up on the Battle Creek Trail. Along the way, there were fun games for the kids to play such as blowing bubbles with funnels, trivia, listening to a storyteller, some ball toss game, etc. The best part of the hike was at the very end (after 20 minutes of going up luckily there was one little steep part whew)! There is a magnificent water fall to cool off and play in! The children absolutely loved crossing through the shallow creek to see the waterfalls close up. After our hike, the kids exchanged their tickets for prizes (candy and plastic toys). We were winners of a local business t-shirt, lol! Too bad we didn't get the free swimming passes, restaurant gift cards, or movie passes. Maybe next year we will have better luck! Overall, it was a great day and we had a lot of fun!












I even got around to scrapping a page of our lovely hiking adventure!




Here are photos of the beautiful waterfalls *notice John tried to imitate Ansel Adams waterfall photos ha ha ha ha!!!!!











Since this hike, we have taken other family members and friends on it! Kiwanis Park is one of our favorite hang outs during the summer! There are fire pits, a space to toss a ball, a food pavilion, a BBQ area, and a couple hiking trails. There are other trails to explore besides the waterfalls and creek. Last spring John and I hiked up to the "G" on the mountaintop which is to the left of the food pavilion. It was a very steep hike with several switchbacks. We were sore a couple days after that hike! We were surprised to find out that the "G" was not white paint or rocks! It is a huge white fence bolted together into the ground shaped like a capital "G"! Who knew from looking at a distance that "G" was made from a fence!