Raven Rock State Park in April
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After a busy week, our family decided to take a relaxing walk on Sunday afternoon. We picked up a “tailgate special” at Bo jangles and headed out to Raven Rock State Park. This park is in Western Harnett County and is just a short drive from Sanford. After our picnic we decided to head down the Campbell Creek Loop trail to let the kids play in the creek.The trail wound down the hill and finally came to a bridge over the creek. This trail was closed for over a year after the last tropical storm came through and washed out the bridge. The new bridge looks like it is built to last. |
| To the right on the bridge there was a nice Dogwood tree in bloom over the creek. A nice place to stop for a moment and soak in the quiet mumbling from the stream below. |  |
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We followed the trail for a bit and then made our way down to the creek. At this spot the creek narrows down as it flows over small stones. I didn’t wade in but the kids (including my husband, the biggest kid) said the water was a bit cold. |
| This spot was interesting. There is a rock to the right of the picture that my daughter called a “diving board rock”. The creek forms a small pool here just below a small waterfall. It didn’t look deep enough for diving but jumping in during the hot months of summer might be fun. |  |
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This azalea was beautiful in bloom along the side of the trail. We also saw lots of Rhododendron and Mountain Laurel bushes that will be pretty when they bloom next month. |
| This pool of water had lots of small rock along the river bottom. The kids found salamanders, minnows, tadpoles, and crayfish when we stopped at this spot. There was a rock slide below the pool. When we come back in the summer we will have to see if there is enough current to slide down the rock slide. There were several natural slides along this creek. |  |
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This is a view of the upstream side from the bridge over Campbell Creek on our way back to the parking lot. We had a nice time on a beautiful spring day and plan to come back in the summer to play in this great little creek. |
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