Ppuri Park

During our term break we did get out a little. The weather warmed up some, though not as much as we had hoped. We went to a park outside of the city called Ppuri Park. It is a park dedicated to Korean ancestry. There were little trails around and one small hiking trail. We got the kids to hike a little, and we saw lots of little chipmunks running all around. We were the only ones on the actual 'hiking' trail, so it was really nice. These photos are in opposite order of the day.

This photo was the end of our time there. We brought our little picnic lunch, but when we stopped to sit down we all got too chilly. So no one was really interested in eating much. Except Grace who was stuffing her face in the background.
This is the kids running down the trail. When they got to the bottom, they were so dirty. There was mud on the trail and they fell down multiple times. But they were having fun and we were glad!
We let them run quite a bit ahead of us because we were the only ones up there. They thought this was really cool, and tried to stay far ahead of us.
This was the lovely view from the little hike that we took. What you are seeing is the city of Daejeon (actually, only part of the city).
A closer shot of the city.
Here is Peyton in front of one of the Asian 'zodiac' statues. He didn't want to get too close to it. Can't say I blame him.
Overlooking the park from the top. The scenery isn't that great now, but when the leaves come out and the grass gets green it should be pretty.
Apparently a giant stone rabbit was less scary than the giant stone pig. : )
It almost looks like a cemetery when you look at it from this perspective. But each of the sculptures has writing on it, and they stand for all of the different Korean surnames. I believe there are 72 surnames.

Looking out from the gazebo.
Grace hammin' for the camera.
More Grace.
A gazebo at overlooking the park.