Fantastic Family Day

Today’s weather warranted some outside time, 70 degrees and sunny! We decided to pack a cooler, a picnic basket, and the whole family into the car to head 40 minutes Northwest to Bear Mountain State Park in upstate New York.

We ate a quiet little lunch on top of a huge flat rock. We had ham and cheese sandwiches, yogurt, blueberry muffins and cheese puffs! Miles walked all over the place, chewed on a few sticks, attempted puddle jumping, and chased after Cooper.  Miles is turning into quite the little outdoorsman!!  I can’t wait to take him camping. He was enthralled with his first picnicking adventure!!  He was a super happy little man all day – well - until it was time to leave!!

After lunch, we put Miles into the carrier, hiked up to the tower at the peak and saw one of the most incredible views. There were rolling hills of trees – the green leaves were just starting to change to their warmer fall color. In the distance, you could see the faint outline of the city.  It was nuts!!  I haven’t been able to see such a distance since I was in Iowa. The Eastern landscape just doesn’t allow for a broad view. We couldn’t help but ask someone to take our family picture.  I would love to upload the pictures from the day for you all to see, but that’s another story. You will have to facebook Nate for the details.

After the tower trek, we returned to the car and got the jogger stoller.  We hiked for a very long time along the scenic curves of the state park…. 4 hours later, we called it a day and headed back to White Plains!

The day was fantastic and all of my boys were tired from the activity and exhausted from fresh air overload. We made some great memories on Bear Mountain today :) Don't worry, the location of today’s adventure was saved in the GPS. This is sure to be a repeat Saturday!  Personally, I hope the trees still look as great! Early fall/later summer is proving to be super beautiful out here!

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