Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Camping Day 2

(Could also be called "The longer hike than we anticipated" but that is to come later.) We had a nice relaxing morning. We woke up around 7 and had a wonderful breakfast of cereal for the kids and breakfast burritos for us. We got ready to go and spent the morning in the park. We went on a hike and drove around a little too. What great family time!

Steve, Tristan, and Dexter relaxing after breakfast while I cleaned up.

Joker was having fun too.
What a great smile he has!
Our "little hike" was supposed to be about half a mile but turned into a 2 mile hike. We started at the beginning of the nature trail and saw a sign that said there was a waterfall 0.7 miles away. We kept walking thinking that we would hit the waterfall soon. Emilia just kept saying "Mine waterfall go?" so we felt that we needed to keep walking for her. After almost 2 miles, we found the waterfall. Then we walked up to the road and caught the shuttle back to the truck. It had started raining so we really did not want to hike back 2 miles to the truck.
Tristan all snuggled in the backpack that Steve carried.
My little hikers.
Emilia kept standing on rocks saying "My picture now mama!" She actually wanted her picture taken!
We hiked up a hill to see this amazing view.
It was really windy up there!
Tristan was "proding" Steve to go faster. He kept patting his back and kicking his legs.
Emilia wanted to carry lamby like daddy was carrying Tristan.
More amazing views along the way.
Emilia kept sitting lamby on the rocks telling it to "Sit on rock lamby!"
Emilia found a tall piece of grass and was singing Twinkle Twinkle into it like it was a microphone.
Steve carried both kids up a slight incline when it started to rain.
The end of the hike waterfall...SO worth it!
We had an after hike snack back at the trailer. Emilia was a MESS! (But it tasted so good!)
Tristan after his snack. Not as messy as his sister.
As if the hike was not enough, we went for a walk around the campground down to the lake. This is a pretty flower we saw along the way.
Tristan thought it was funny that daddy threw rocks into the lake, making a big splash.
Emilia liked watching the splashing too.
Bath time in the trailer.
They were dirty from the long, fun day.

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