Today was our hiking and swimming day. Grandpa, Grandma and the boys hiked all the way to Delicate Arch and back. We each carried our own pack with our own snacks and water and Grandpa carried oranges for everyone.
Thomas was our leader. He learned all about cairns and how to use them and then led us up the slick rock. We stopped at Grandpa and Grandma's favorite rest spots for snacks. Jonah wished we were swimming instead of hiking but he kept moving and snacking with us.
Jonah and Tommy helped each other.
Huh? Which way do we go?
This little cairn looked like a mini-Delicate.
We made it!
Every hiker needs a great pair of shades.
Mmmm. Snacks- the best part of hiking.
After we got back to our motel, we went swimming. The pool isn't heated during the day and was very cold, too cold for Grandma and Grandpa. The hot tub, also not heated during the day was only cool so Tommy and Jonah decided they would swim in there. (Grandma and Grandpa sat and watched because the hot tub would have been too crowded for swimming if they got in) After a while, Jonah took a literal leap of faith into the water instead of climbing in and out. He spent the rest of our swimming time "water-jogging" from side to side and Tommy shouted "you're swimming, you're swimming!"
Good job Jonah! You're swimming!
After that, Tommy and Jonah spent the rest of their time doing puzzles, playing games, eating dinner, and listening to Grandpa read the next chapter of "Bunnicula."
3 comments:
What a fun day! Boy I wish we were hiking and having fun right now. :-)
Maybe next year you can come out in the spring and we will go hiking.
So fun! They are such cuties.
If LL comes out to go hiking, although I am a super cool aunt, I'm going to have to not volunteer to carry Andres or the Fetus. D is already too heavy for me to carry very far, and I have a feeling that fetus will be heavy by then too...
I'll carry the sunglasses though. :)
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