I think I've mentioned before, John has every other Friday off.
We've had ALOT going on lately.
John really wanted to just get us out of town for the day to have some family fun.
August 5th was one of his Fridays off.
And it was going to be HOT and MUGGY down here in the desert.
So we headed north.
About 2.5 hours north of us is the mountains......and in 1 town they have an area called Slide Rock.
it's a shallow creek running through a canyon ~the rocks are SO smooth you can slide down the rocks in the water.
sounded like a perfect "family fun day" get-away.
We've had ALOT going on lately.
John really wanted to just get us out of town for the day to have some family fun.
August 5th was one of his Fridays off.
And it was going to be HOT and MUGGY down here in the desert.
So we headed north.
About 2.5 hours north of us is the mountains......and in 1 town they have an area called Slide Rock.
it's a shallow creek running through a canyon ~the rocks are SO smooth you can slide down the rocks in the water.
sounded like a perfect "family fun day" get-away.
our first glimpse of the actual "Slide Rock" area
looks like LOTS of families had the same idea we did. :)
this pic cracks us up -look at the guy on the right, totally posing in OUR picture!
Andrew was the first to fall.the rocks were SLIPPERY!
and the water is snow run-off so even in August -it's still FREEZING!
Biruk got a good laugh out of Andrew falling. :)
Biruk got a good laugh out of Andrew falling. :)
this was one of the deeper slides.Elizabeth only wanted to go on it with daddy. :)
I think her eyes were closed the entire time!
love how she's holding onto John ~she knows he'll keep her safe.
can you see the uninvited guest to our little party?
Andrew was the first to spot this little snake.
The snake was lurking near the smaller more shallow slide ~which, after seeing him, the girls refused to go down again. :)
We're sure he was a non-poisonous variety and was probably WAY more scared of us (especially after hearing Becca screaming!) than we were of him...but none-the-less....I wasn't too keen on staying in the area either! Call me funny-I'm not thrilled about swimming with snakes.
John took the camera from me for awhile so that he could document I actually WAS there with the family. :)
I almost always take the pics and John wanted to make sure I got in front of the camera a few times.
it was such a great day.
I think her eyes were closed the entire time!
love how she's holding onto John ~she knows he'll keep her safe.
can you see the uninvited guest to our little party?
Andrew was the first to spot this little snake.
The snake was lurking near the smaller more shallow slide ~which, after seeing him, the girls refused to go down again. :)
We're sure he was a non-poisonous variety and was probably WAY more scared of us (especially after hearing Becca screaming!) than we were of him...but none-the-less....I wasn't too keen on staying in the area either! Call me funny-I'm not thrilled about swimming with snakes.
John took the camera from me for awhile so that he could document I actually WAS there with the family. :)
I almost always take the pics and John wanted to make sure I got in front of the camera a few times.
it was such a great day.
I'm so thankful John insisted on us taking a day and just getting away.
Our family really needed it!
1 comment:
How fun for everyone! I wouldn't be too keen on swimming with the snake either. :)
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