When I was doing research about what to do in Finland, a picture like this one always popped up: gorgeous lakes, bridges, and trees. I knew I wanted to go there and see that.
It wasn't too far of a drive up north, and it was so pretty along the way we didn't mind the time in the car. We arrived at a trailhead, parked the car, and went exploring. It was a different experience on the ground than from the air, but seeing water on either side of you was still really cool. We also learned a little geological history of Finland and the eskers formed here.
We followed a trail that went down to the water, under the bridge, and up the other side of the esker. Skipping rocks.
The kids really wanted walking sticks, which were simple to find but of course there was still some discussion about which stick belonged to who. Cambrie thought the simplest solution was to throw the walking sticks into the water. Well, that stopped some of the arguments! But we still needed the sticks so she had to fish them out again.
The nature trail was relatively flat and enjoyable. Daxton kept finding secret trails that veered off then joined back up with us again. We also found more mushrooms and thought the trees in this particular forest were striking.
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