Syndicate Falls

On Saturday August 30th, we went with a group from the school to Syndicate Falls.  Every semester they have a bunch of tours that are directed for the new students, but anyone is welcome to go on them.  We had not seen these falls yet and was very excited to sign up and go.

The whole trip was beautiful.  And the Waterfall was amazing.  

To get there we took a bus, and then hiked into the waterfall.  There were about 5 places where we had to cross the river that was made by the waterfall.  The water never got above our knees, but that meant it was pretty deep on the kids.  Of course they didn't mind.  We kept trying to get Kyler to hold one of our hands and he wasn't having any of that, so Erick started asking him to hold is hand so he (Erick) didn't fall.  Kyler was so proud of himself for helping his dad not fall!!!  This worked like a charm until we got to the last river crossing on the way back.  Erick stepped on a big rock while Kyler went around and Erick slipped!  Erick caught himself, but since he was holding Kyler's hand, Kyler face planted it into the river.  When he got up he said, "Dad, you just fell, but I caught you!  Don't worry dad, I caught your hand."  Still so proud.  Actually I think he liked that he got all wet and got to take his shirt off for the rest of the hike.

Bryn was the best little hiker.  She went through the river every time without help.  She also like to get wet.  Even if there was another way around the river, she chose to go through the river.

We had a great time.  

Enjoy the beautiful pics.

The first river Crossing...

The hike in...

A cool Tree, with crazy roots...

The Waterfall....

The hike out....