I don’t know about you but my family and I love to go on what we call family dates. Special adventures with just our little family. 😉 This past weekend we were blessed to go on a much-needed family date to Big Bone Lick State Park in Union, KY. We started off our date with a trip to Steak-n-Shake. Brandon had a great time playing the coupon game (trying to get the most bang for his buck) while there. Yum!
After a great lunch we headed to Big Bone Lick State Park. It seemed like a fairly small state park but we had a lovely time. We visited the “museum” and walked around the outside exhibits. The best part was definitely the hiking. 🙂
There are only about 4 miles of hiking trails at the park but that was perfect for us. For the most part the hiking was relatively easy except for a few hills when Brandon had Eli on his back. 😉
I think at this point Eli was saying come on mom stop trying to take pictures let’s hike!
We let Eli walk for the first part of the hike and he surprised us by walking almost a mile! Must be a future hiker. 😉
Still just as smitten with each other.
Probably Eli’s favorite part.
They had bison there. How cool is that? I thought it was a little crazy that you could get that close to them with just a little fence between you and the bison.
Eli loves riding in the pack.
In case you are wondering we have an L.L. Bean backpack and absolutely love it! It has pockets on the back to hold 2 water bottles and a pouch on the bottom to store a change of clothes, diapers, and snacks. We also have a rain cover for the top if I feel really adventurous.
Thankful for our camelbak (and that Brandon wore Eli for our hike).
We all had an absolute blast on our family date! I am so thankful we were able to get away for a wonderful afternoon. 🙂
Emerson Family 
Eli is soooo cute!!!
Thank you. He is a lot of fun too! 🙂