Vila Velha State Park

We had our rental car for another day after we got back from Santa Catarina, so we started looking for places to go that were within a couple hours drive from Curitiba.  We settled on Vila Velha State Park,  about 1.5 hours away.  The park houses some interesting erosional features, both "furnas", vertical-walled caves (sinkholes?), and a "arenitas", giant sandstone features rising up from the ground.

 Our first look at the arenitas.

 The first furna.

 The girls examining one of many list of rules on the trail around Golden Pond.  They are probably trying to figure out how to get around them.  Case in point - a conversation I had with Lily.

Lily: It doesn't say "no climbing trees" so does that mean we can climb the trees?
Me:  It says to stay on the trail, so if you can't go off the trail, you probably can't climb a tree.
Lily:  What if the tree is hanging over the trail.  Can I climb it then?

 She doesn't look like trouble, does she?

The camel.

 The coke bottle.

 The Moo.

 The bow of the ship.

 

 Getting a different perspective.

 Adventure girls.  Can you see their "Adventure badges"? Cicada skins hooked on to their shirts.

And we didn't get rained on at all at the park.  That started later... again.