Yesterday I took the kiddos to the Barefoot Park in Bad Sobernheim, about an hour from our house. It was a hot day, hopefully one of our last in what has been a very hot, dry Summer, and getting wet and muddy sounded like a solid plan.
We love this very German activity of spending time in nature barefoot and walking through and over obstacles of different textures.
There were very few complaints, and only one splinter, as we walked the 2.5 mile loop.
Fording the stream is always one of the kiddos' favorite parts. Due to the drought, the water level was much, much lower than when we have visited here in the past.
We had nowhere else to be, so we took a few opportunities to get wet at different spots along the stream and watch the fish and try to catch minnows.
It's a really lovely spot for a walk with or without shoes.
Water babies.
The water looks brown in this photo, but we could easily see clear to the bottom of the stream.
At the end of the trail there is a choice for crossing back over the stream. The three big kids chose the rope bridge.
Amelie and I chose the hand pull ferry boat.
We celebrated completing the barefoot course with an ice cream or popsicle from the snack stand. The three big kids go back to school on Monday and the temperatures are finally supposed to drop out of the 90s, so this was a great last activity to close out a fun Summer.
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