SPRING CANYON STATE PARK

Just a couple of miles from Rockhound State Park is Spring Canyon State Park, which has picnic tables, shade ramadas, and a couple of short hikes. We did one of the hikes (Lover's Leap Outlook - which was a big flat rock that overlooked a huge heart-shaped boulder and a deep, craggy part of the canyon/ravine) and then continued up the canyon to the crest of the mountain, where we looked down from the top and could see for miles to the west!

Teeny Darell (bottom left, blue flannel shirt), on the way up the canyon

Looking back toward the picnic area as we hiked up the canyon

At the crest/saddle of the mountain

A thistle growing in the wind at the crest

Same thistle, closer up

The view looking back toward Spring Canyon on the trail back down from the crest