Jay Cooke State Park and the End of the Munger Trail

It wouldn't be a vacation without some sort of swinging bridge to scare your mom. I went two steps farther than this picture to take the next ones!

Jay Cooke is beautiful, although we still don't know how to spell it. Several signs throughout the park had different spellings. Jaye Cook Jaye Cooke, Jay Cook. We'd like to go back there and camp someday. Sam and I both picked out a few rocks we'd like to climb (him) and sit and stare on (me).

Hiking up in the bluffs. Gorgeous. Charlie was getting tired, though.

So after Charlie pooped out, we went back to the picnic area, had some lunch, and read and napped until Darren finished his ride. Of course he had to go to the end of the trail!

Back to camp for fishing, BBQ ribs and grilled corn on the cob. Fun Father's Day!

Moose Lake State Park

While Darren was riding the Munger Trail, Sam and I decided to add more stamps to our State Park Passport.

So, we spent an hour or so exploring Moose Lake State Park. Sam is a rock hound, so he enjoyed the Agate and Geological Center at the visitor's center. Think we're going to have to join the Hiking Club too. This would have been a fun park to hike in, if he rain hadn't rolled in!



We both thought that Moose Lake SP seemed a little sad and unused. Maybe it was because of the weather, but it seemed a little more worn than other parks we've visited.

Echo Lake was pretty, but you could hear the "ocean" (aka the freeway). There's a nice swimming beach and fishing pier.

Looks like we're going to have to return. The raspberries (blackberries? black raspberries?) weren't ripe yet.