Barefoot Park (Barfusspfad)

We had plans to go to Belgium last weekend that fell through at the last minute, so we opted to stay close to home and check out some German nature parks.  We have been wanting to go to Barefoot park since we heard about it last summer, but we definitely wanted to go on a warm day.  The weather was PERFECT!!!  And the hour ride was full of country side and small town sites!  Barfusspfad in Bad Sobernheim is a 3.5K walk through mud, ice cold water, rivers, bridges, rocks, mulch, etc while BAREFOOT!

 

Hailey had a rough trip down and got car sick from the windy roads (while sitting in the way back and watching a movie!!!)  It was her FIRST time EVER in her entire 7 1/2 years that she has thrown up!  :(  She told us that she wasn't feeling good and she laid down and fell asleep (that alone should have been a sign for us!)  We put our expensive fitted car mats to the test and also the car seat protector under her booster!  Thankfully, I had thought to grab the girls dresses to change into in case they got wet/dirty at the park, so at least she had a change of clothes!  We were almost there and she felt much better, so our day wasn't ruined!

 

The map of the 3.5K barefooted walk

 

They started us off right into the MUD!!!!  It was above the girls' knees!  (Take note of Leevi's mud "socks" in the bottom right picture)

The river crossing was a lot more treacherous than I had expected! :)  It was pretty deep (above my knees) and the current was flowing really fast! 

 There were tons of fun "obstacles"

 About 3/4 of the way through was a shallow river bank that we played in for quite awhile (I definitely should have brought their swimsuits!)  After a bit they just decided to dive in!!!! 

 It didn't take too long to dry off!!!

The final crossing was over a rope bridge or a raft (the girls looped around and did both)

We finished with a picnic lunch before the ride home!