Head Lamps And Flash Lights Required

The boys and I wrapped our summer road trips with a quick trip to Iowa to see my brother and his family.  We left on a Wednesday and came back Saturday.  My nephews were getting ready to start school the Monday after we left.  We enjoyed just hanging out and playing at the pool.  Our big adventure this year in Iowa was visiting a nearby state park that had some caves to explore.  Leland could hardly stand himself and was so excited that he had brought his head lamp that he had gotten from Aunt Carol.  He was so excited that he was going to get to put it to "real use"!  While the park was not enormous there was lots of exploring to be had.  Many of the caves were very small tunnels that you had to crawl into.  The adults left that up to the kids, some of the holes were pretty small!  When we finished and had gotten back to the entrance a DNR officer had a bull snake out.  Leland and Coltin were the only brave ones who wanted to hold it.