DalrympleClanAdventures: Mountain Fun

Our mountain trip finished with a bang! Thursday as we walked out the door to go look for a hike it was raining. So we decided to go the the Forestry Discovery Center. It is mostly indoors and when the rain stopped we went on the walk there. Jack loved the center. Inside he "learned" all about forestry and enjoyed walking through a tunnel with natural habitats, seeing all the artificial animals in the woods, rock climbing.... On the walk at the center we saw a steam powered saw mill and most importantly for Jack...a steam powered train! He loved the choo choo.

We went out to lunch...needed some chili to warm up as it was only in the low 60s. BRRRR!!!! After lunch we planned on heading home so the boys would nap in the car....but the weather turned nice so we headed out for a hike and a trip to Sliding Rock.

The hike wasn't all that wonderful. It was rated moderate, but with one boy on Josh's back and another on my chest it was a little more difficult. It was all uphill out and then we turned back so downhill then. There were some pretty flowers, creeks, waterfall but not our favorite hike. We'll work on finding something more family friendly next time! Jack gobbled up his cookie he got at the bakery on the hike!!!!

And then the fun really started!!! Josh and Jack played in the water at Sliding Rock first. Then Josh went down by himself to check it out. It was COLD!!! He went down the fast side and had fun. Then Jack decided he was ready. He had tons of fun watching everyone go down so he got in line with Daddy. They went down the slow side and Jack LOVED it!! He didn't care for the big splash at the end but otherwise loved it. He had a huge smile on his face. They went down a second time and he still loved it. The crowd cheered as he went down since he was by far the youngest child going down. That's our DAREDEVIL!!! Got a video clip and am having problems uploading it....if I remember I'll post it to youtube later.

So needless to say we got a LATE start on the road. He went back to the house after Sliding Rock, had dinner and hit the road at 7PM!!! Jack hadn't even had a nap all day!!!