Camping at McCormick's Creek

The weekend before school started, we packed up and headed down near Bloomington to camp with Andy's cousin.  We always look forward to a camping trip with the Cripes!  Our kids are all about the same ages and Neil has a knack for picking good campsites.  We spent 3 nights at McCormick Creek State Park.  We did lots of hiking, kids rode bikes around the campground, and spend part of a day at the olympic-sized pool.  Needless to say, we loved it there!  Although if you ask Adam, his favorite part is sleeping in the tent. :)
McCormick Creek has lots of limestone rocks, creeks, rivers, waterfall and even a cave!  But the kids found a hiking trail that led to a bend in a creek that had lots and lots of rocks on the shore.  So we spent alot of time there throwing rocks into the water and moving bigger rocks to make a path for people to cross the bubbling creek.  We had beautiful weather too!  We can't wait to go back, even for a day trip.

Cailin - Alex- Adam - Cameron - Erin

The girls -

Kids at the old stone quarry

throwing rocks

building a path across the creek

exit of the cave

enjoying the campsite

waterfall

throwing rocks again

finished path!

pool! kiddie pool too!