Day Trip to Dunsmuir

Aaron and I have been wanting to take a day trip North into Dunsmuir for awhile now and picked Friday to just go for it.  Great timing on our part...though it's been sunny and HOT for what seems like forever now, Friday morning was overcast with chance of isolated thunderstorms.  We decided to go for it anyhow.  Dunsmuir has some interesting areas we wanted to explore; hiking trails, waterfalls, and an inviting looking city pool.  After having lunch at a local pizza parlor in their VERY quaint downtown area, we went in search of the waterfalls.  After circling the town a few times and talking to some local folk, we found our way to Hedge Creek Falls.
It was a short hike through a little rainfall, we almost felt like we were in a rainforest. 

The next plan was to check out Mossbrae Falls, however it entailed walking along the railroad tracks for about a mile.  We didn't feel comfortable doing that with the kids.  We'll have to save that one for another time. 

Afterwards we decided to check out the community pool.  It has always looked so refreshing driving by and I've been wanting to take a dip.  It would have been much better had it been a hot, sunny day and not cloudy and sprinkling, but the kids still had fun. 

We then headed over to the city park and Botanical Gardens to completely wear the kids out before the drive home. Click here for some photos of our day