We are trying to make Sunday’s our dedicated Family Day since we don’t see each other much right now. Today we decided to take a “hiking” trip to Dripping Rock.It was Beautiful, but the water was much too high and fast to wade in the river.We enjoyed skipping rocks from the shore……and checking out all nature’s creatures.Sam found a daddy long legs spider on a branch, and everyone had to come to check it out.Lucy was so sweet and kept climbing up the banks ahead of me so that she could lend me her hand and “pull me up” at the end.She kept making me so nervous because she wanted to get so close to the water. Last summer, we were able to climb underneath the caves and stand in them:…but definitely NOT today!We just took time to take pictures, watch Lucy pose over and over again,and make “chocolate milk.”Brie found a really neat darkling beetle. It rolled over and played dead when we came up to it. Super funny to watch this big just flip over on its back. I enjoyed it from a distance. Just can’t stomach having a beetle crawl on me!William really wanted to fish, so we headed over to the ponds. There is something about William’s luck with fishing and rainstorms. They don’t work very well together!Lucy wanted to play in the sand, and THAT she did! We’ll be washing this out for a LONG time!At least she thoroughly enjoyed herself!Of course, after a bit, the rain really started coming down! There was quite a bit of thunder and lightning, so we decided it was best to leave. We tried, but as we were heading to the car, the kids ran over with a terrified soaking wet dog that they found under our van.There was no way that I could leave it in the pouring rain. So, we called animal control, which of course was closed. Then we contacted the non-emergency police number. They were super nice. As we waited for them to come and pick up the dog, another dog from across the street joined us.They kids were begging to keep the lost wet dog. I think we have plenty of critters! Finally, the police came and we were happy to know that the dog would be somewhere safe until it found its owner. Always excitement on family outings! 🤣