A Tale of Two Creeks

With fall making an appearance, we just had to get out one last time to Cress Creek with friends. I think we were a little early on most of the color there, but we did get a nice view with minimal effort. The kids were occupied with a nature scavenger hunt where they competed to collect the most different kinds of leaves on the hike. Their favorites were the cattails (aka corn dogs)!

 But I think they had the most fun throwing pebbles into the river at the end.

A couple of days later, I took the kids to Pocatello to check out City Creek. Fall was there in a big way! It was like a fairy tale, which is hard to translate in pictures. Suffice it to say, it was gorgeous, magical, and chilly.

The trail meandered next to and criss-crossed City Creek on these picturesque bridges. The kids had fun kicking leaves off into the creek and seeing how many flowed past the obstacles down stream.

I really liked the variety of colors in the trees and the way that parts of the trail felt like going through a tree tunnel.

The kids enjoyed posing for many pictures, though the second one here is not a pose! 

Here's the chilly part! It snowed on us a little bit shortly after we started. We found more snow down the trail. Hold on winter, you'll get your time soon enough. Let us enjoy another week or two of fall first!

Eventually we had to turn around. Sadly, the kids wanted to head back by the road rather than back through the creekside wonderland. But it made them so happy!