Seward Bluffs

On our second camping trip we went to Seward Bluff which is located about 20 minutes past Rockford in the Winnebago County Forest Preserve. We actually got to drive right by my childhood home that I lived in from birth to age 14. That brought up a ton of childhood memories, but that's a whole nother blog! Anyway, we've been on this "explore Illinois" kick this summer so I found out about this place on the internet and it looked like a good place to do some hiking. But, since they only had outhouse type facilities, I was really glad that we had our trailer complete with a toilet! The weather was absolutely perfect! It was like 75 during the day and 60 at night. We found several different hiking paths to explore, one that lead to a creek that had a shallow part that we could walk through and the kids had a blast playing there. Even after being there for over an hour, they still didn't want to leave, so we just sat there and soaked up the sunshine and family time. On Sunday before we packed up we decided to go on one more "adventure hike" and it ended up being so fun. We just kept exploring and at one point we had to forge through the creek and through a part where a tree had fallen. The kids felt really adventurous! We then found our way back to the spot at the creek where we had played the day before. All in all it was so great to have a mini vacation and enjoy some nature!