The Glen Burney Trail..Not for kids

We went on a nature hike on Sunday afternoon in Boone . It was a great day for a hike..First we had a bojangles picnic in the park then we hiked...

We didn't finish The Glen Burney trail on out last visit so we went and finished it... It was not a good trail for kids .. This is the hardest trail I have done in a long time. And it is real disappointing because it ends with ropes up and no trespassing signs because it is the back side of someones property..

It's roughly 5 miles of down and up . Lots of up!!!Wow .. I enjoyed the workout I was getting but Colton had a very hard time getting back to the car :(

Daddy carried Waylon the whole time and he couldn't carry both of them . I couldn't carry Colton .. He is about fifty pounds.. Poor kid .. We took lots of breaks on the way back.. We stopped and looked at everything and drank Gatorade. Then when he was ready we would go again..

Huge waterfall

Jeremiah got way ahead of us at one point because of all the stopping so we somehow ended up at this huge waterfall . It was beautiful ..We were off the trail so we had to climb up another steep slope to get back on the trail .. I don't think you are supposed to go right up to this waterfall . . It had an old bridge that was in the waterfall and it was broken. Colton thought this was awesome.. This was the highlight of the hike..

old bridge

Colton did great I was very proud of him. He did say he never wants to do that trail again .. We will go back to the Hebron Rock Colony it is easier for kids...

We still had a great time and I was happy to get exercise,  and be with the family all day....

after our long hike we fed the ducks and they were coming right up to us . The kids loved that...