Grandma & Grandpa visit Great Falls National Park

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A view from one of the three overlooks at Great Falls Park. This was also the most treacherous of all the three overlooks.

The weather was beautiful, sunny and in the 70's. Lots of people had the same idea, there was a ten minute wait in traffic before we entered the park. As we were waiting two horseback riders passed us. Once in the park there were many people picnicking, lots and lots of dogs and some bicycles. I think most people visit the park just to walk the trails.


There was a pole at this overlook which marked the "high water", pretty amazing considering how high we were already. The most current mark was in the 90's!


Grandma got a birds' eye view of four very brave kayakers going through the falls. The rest of us climbed down to the water where these two were putting in below the falls.

The foam on the water wasn't quite as beautiful in person as it is in this picture, but the girl sure was!
We had a great time with Bil & Kay, it was nice to have the extra drivers and cheerleaders for the weekend games.

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