Todd "Frog" Lake

Over this last weekend, we went to Todd Lake with Auntie Jess, which is one of the many Cascade lakes nestled in the mountains around here. It took us 20 minutes or so to drive there and on the way up we got Pippa and William all excited that we were going for a hike. If you've ever hiked with a 2 year old you would know that it's more like a slow amble with a lot of back-tracking. Especially when there are rocks and water involved. I don't know if you recall the blog about our trip to Tumalo Falls, but during that trip Pippa discovered the joy of throwing rocks into and body of water. Since then, whenever we see a stream or a river or a lake or a pond she will hunt for rocks and throw them in the water. So this is what she did at Todd Lake. We didn't get very far because Pippa just wanted to walk in the water and throw rocks in the water. When we got halfway round, we stopped for a while to play and discovered all these little frogs. We got to show Pippa the frogs and she got to hold a couple. It was pretty neat! William just hung out in the carrier.

We all had a fun time and enjoyed the late Summer weather, the scenery and the "hike".

The largest frog we saw. It was about the size of a quarter.

Hunting for rocks and throwing the rocks.




Frog spotting with Daddy!