Elephant Rocks State Park

WE went here yesterday for a day trip. It is in the Ozarks, just about an hour south of us in Belleville, MO. This park is created by a bunch of boulders which formed form liquid magma several hundreds of years ago. The boulders are pink granite. Granite used to be mined in the park, but now the quarry is water-filled. This is a child's heaven for running, climbing, jumping, ect. There is a path that goes around the park, so hiking is great too. We took a picnic lunch to eat. What a great day for fun. When the economy is as it is, for the price of gas the boys went to this amazing playground of elephant rocks. The slideshow appears in the post below!