We like to do a family vacation every summer, but didn't feel like we had great options for a trip this summer. So we decided to stay local, and do Family Vacay Days every now and then throughout the summer. Instead of spending money on hotels or houses to rent, we're going to use that money to do fun things around here. We had our first Vacay Day on Friday. We started off by hiking to Stewart Falls in Sundance.
There was a little bit of everything on the trail. There were some very muddy spots.
There had been a couple avalanches, so there were trees knocked down for large portions of the trail. We climbed over, under, and around them. There was also a part where we had to walk through the snow.
There were some very beautiful views!
There were parts along the way where we could hear the waterfall. Damon was so cute when he would put his hand to his ear and ask us all if we could hear the waterfall. :)
It's two miles to get to the waterfall, and the kids did awesome getting there!
But things fell apart when we were actually at the waterfall. There was a strong spray and the water was really freezing. Tessa and Damon didn't like that one bit.
Rockwell wanted to explore a little, so Paul took him to do that.
We went back up further to get away from the water spray and have some snacks.
It was very bright. And an ant crawled on Damon's leg, which made Rock and Tess freak out on his behalf, which made Damon freak out that they were freaking out. They all just wanted to leave at that point. So we headed back, carrying the little two. After they were far enough removed from the waterfall and the ant, they were fine to hike the rest of the way. :)
After the hike, we had some lunch and then went to the theatre and saw Secret Life of Pets 2.
We had dinner at Costa Vida and then loaded the kids and their bikes into the back of the truck and went to the church parking lot.
The kids love riding there because they have so much space and don't have to worry about cars.
It was a great Family Vacay Day!!!
What a fun day! I'm glad you guys survived the ant and the spraying water. Your kids are tough, that looks like a big hike. Hooray for Family Vacay!
ReplyDeleteIt does look pretty! Too bad about the ant and spraying water but glad it went well after you got far enough away from the waterfall and the ant!
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