Some of the children from the church recently enjoyed an outing at beautiful Castlewood State Park.  What a great place for a Saturday hike!  The River Scene Trail is described in this way: 

This three-mile loop is the most spectacular trail in the park and highlights the park’s most memorable features. The trail climbs to and then traverses a series of bluffs overlooking the Meramec River. It then goes down a long wood staircase that takes you from the top of the bluffs to the valley below. From there, the trail takes you through an up-close and personal look at the river and the bottomland surrounding it. Along the way, you will pass panoramic vistas, remnants of the historic resort era and floodplain forest.

It did not disappoint.

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