Dunbar Cave State Park

To end the kids week of Fall break, Friday, we decided to enjoy nature a little and check out the state park here in Clarksville: Dunbar Cave State Park. There is a cave where they have tours, but you have to have advance reservations, so we decided to check out the nature trails. It was a beautiful day and we had a good time. The kids by the mouth of the cave.
Alex climbing the forbidden cliffs.

Here is Alex, ducking back under the "No Climbing" sign after I coaxed him down. (like I said, forbidden cliffs). For those of you who know Alex, it is not all that unusual. :) He insists that he didn't see the sign...




I have to give Alex credit though. Jesikah was struggling with the bag of water bottles, and the next time I looked up, Alex was carrying them without a word. I was proud of him. He didn't say a word about it the whole hike.


Tessa and Jarem enjoying the trail. They collected leaves, acorns, and stopped to look at stick bugs while Alex and Jesikah hurried ahead.


Can you see the stick bug that Tessa and Jarem found?

Tessa and Jarem enjoying the huge fallen log until the park ranger told us it was covered with poison ivy. That gave us a little scare, but they didn't end up with any.

Jesikah posing for a picture above the caves.