E.P. Tom Sawyer state park

Today we went to Tom Sawyer state park in the East End of Louisville. The trailhead for Goose Creek Trail is in between Westport and Old Lagrange rd on Hurstborne Ln. The trail we took today was 1.25 miles and was a mix of wooded and grassy areas. It was fairly easy to navigate although the KY State Park App with its GPS map of the trail helped a lot when we'd cross with other trails. Also that app was really cool to show Ben and Isaac (4yo) about maps and compasses. 

The trail itself had one tiny incline of a hill and a creek crossing that we didn't have to go over but we did a couple times.  Some highlights were the creek for sure, it was beautiful and we saw fish. There were information signs around the trail to look out for certain wildlife which the boys always love. Also, there is a mental hospital cemetery there from the 1800s, which is creepy and we skipped over but could be interesting with older kids. 

The trailhead is located right off North Hurstborne Ln. 

First wildlife? A slug. We watched it for like 10 mins. 

Forgot my hat but there were hardly any bugs. No Mosquitos or ticks today (but we did wear bug spray). 

This map was awesome. The trail we followed was the orange route on the map. 

Ben with his robot hand (a stick), talking to his "bird friends". 

Isaac leading the way across the creek. 

We may come back here with towels sometime and creekwalk. It's a clean creek with wildlife such as crawfish (is that the same as crawdads?)

Another favorite today was a vine in the middle of the trail.