2011-07-30 Cascade & Stillwater

Noah's friends Lance & Bryce were spending the night, so we thought since it was a perfect summer day we could take a drive up to Cascade Falls in Osceola Wisconsin to hike around and play in the cold water. There was a wedding couple taking pics by the falls when we got there, so decided to leave them be with the pretty backdrop and decided to follow the stream under the falls to see how far it went. We've never taken the path all the way before, but found out last night the stream goes all the way out to the St Croix River.  The boys went by way of stream and I took the path out.  Since it was so hot, I decided to join them in the water on the way back up stream back to the falls (guessing close to a mile walk?).  Water was cold and refreshing and the stream isn't mega deep- about knee deep for me most of the way. Upstream though was a bit more of a hike with slippery rocks at the bed of the stream. This mom was the only casualty for taking a splash and getting skid marks and a bum knee out of the hike, but it was still fun - and I got much wetter than planned, but in the heat of the day, that felt ok too. Then the boys played in the waterfall for a while to finish cooling off. We all agreed it was a very fun adventure, especialy when topped off with Dairy Queen which was a block down the street. On the way home we stopped in Stillwater at a park the boys used to play at when they were younger - they had a fun time still - climbing around etc.  By the time we got home, all were ready for PJs and movies and supper.  Not that the boys fell asleep right away mind you...but a successful day!!

then a quick stop in Stillwater for a little more fun before heading home....

They were pretending to be on a roller coaster ride... ;-)