Day Hike at Brazos Bend

Last weekend we took the boys out to Brazos Bend State Park (about 30 minutes away). It's known for the large amounts of alligators. We were looking forward to just having a place for the boys to run around and get fresh air. Ever since we went to Colorado, we have discovered that playing in the backyard or at a park is fun and they love it but they REALLY love just flat out nature.

They had a baby alligator inside the station to pet. Landon was so excited and pet it immediately. Joshy was holding my legs at the time I took this picture. He had no interest. And then, all of a sudden he just marched over there, touched the alligator and ran back. The lady in the picture laughed and said "How about your brother?" and Landon giggled and Joshy (loving attention) did it AGAIN. But he was so fast, I didn't snap a picture. He smiled at the whole thing and we looked around some more.

The boys had a great time and there were DEFINITELY alligators to spot - at least 50-60 alligators!

Do you see the alligators over on the bank? Zoom in.

Landon carried his bug box all over the park and got a caterpillar in there (that we later let go). He found leaves & sticks to put in that box the whole morning!

Joshy was busy checking out the alligators, too.

Check out that big guy on the right - he was moving up the bank and HUGE - it's hard to give an idea of how big he was!

After hiking around the lake, we ate a picnic lunch and then let the boys just run around for a while!

Then we went on one last walk around a smaller lake.

Little turtles sunning...

Gorgeous day!