Hertz Trail

On Saturday afternoon we went on a bike ride on a trail next to Lake Whatcom.  We had biked this trail once before in the rain and wanted to go back on a sunny day.  We picked up some dinner from Port of Subs on the way and had a picnic in the forest before we headed down the trail.  It was absolutely gorgeous!  

Since the weather was so nice this time we went much farther down the trail and discovered this beautiful waterfall.  There was a small hiking trail up to one part of it, which we followed, then headed up the rocks even higher.  

The forest was so lush and green!  Grace and Liam hummed the tune to Indiana Jones the whole way up the trail...  

Liam made it the highest, all the way to the bigger waterfall.  He's quite the little monkey!

When we finished exploring, we went a little farther down the trail and found this little spot where the river meets the lake, where of course there was much rock-throwing to be done.  (There are a lot of boys in our family, and a strong urge to throw rocks into any body of water seems to be genetically part of being a Ratchford male!)

Since there are so many great places to bike as a family here and we all love it so much, we got Grace and Liam new bikes with good gears so they can handle the trails better.  Here's Liam with his new sweet ride..

I love living in a place where there are so many great opportunities close by for outdoor family fun!  We only drove about 20 minutes to get to this place.  It was a great afternoon spent together as a family!