After reading about Mint Springs Bayou (a site where folks used to hike to pick fresh mint for Mint Juleps) in The 'Sip and finding out exactly how to get there during my long run yesterday, we decided to take the kids for a little adventure this afternoon. The falls were a lot taller than I expected (and slippery, so we had to keep the kids back a ways), but the little hike through the creek bed was totally worth the view (not to mention all the prime splashing spots along the way, where Cora kept asking us if it was time to "rest", AKA "play"). We spent a couple hours walking around and playing in the water and the kids were in heaven. It amazes me that after 7 years of living here, in the small town of Vicksburg, that we still keep finding new places to explore. You just never know what you're going to find until you get off the beaten path...
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| Walking downhill from the Cairo Museum |
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| View of some of the falls from under the bridge |
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| Checking out raccoon tracks |
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| I think our family actually does better with self timers than photographers... |
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| The view looking down from the falls. There is a separate hike up from below, but it is currently closed off due to landslides. Some day we'll check out the view from below. |
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| Jenny, that thorny plant has leaves now... |
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| Daddy found a frog |
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| Playing in a deeper pool created by a brick "tub" (some type of ruin/remnant?) |
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| Practicing skipping stones with daddy |
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I just picked up a copy of the 'Sip over the weekend and read about Mint Springs too. You'll have to show me where it is next time we run the Cairo loop.
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