We decided that we needed to get out of town after spending so much time on the house lateley. We took a drive to Balch Park and then on up to Hidden Falls. The weather was fantastic - in the 70's -- it was hard to convince ourselves to come back to the Valley heat.

Visitor's information booth at the entrance to Balch Park.

A huge fallen redwood that the kids love to climb on and around right inside Balch Park.

Playing in the cool pools of water at Hidden Falls.

God's majestic creation.