This week the book ends (oldest and youngest) are doing a morning baseball camp. Jacob opted not to do it, so has been fun hanging out with just him. Next week all three of them are doing a football camp and then, yikes, it will be August! A really laid back summer so far.
My niece and her husband were here for a week and then as they left, a friend arrived for several days. So the last 10 days we have had a lot of fun, hitting all the hot spots.
A waterfall we hiked up to (a short .7 miles)
The boys loved climbing.
Can you find all three of the boys below??
Then we took a drive across private land into a camp ground. We were hoping to see the several hundred buffalo that are sometimes grazing near the road. However, we had to settle for a dozen or so. One of them was really close.
Guess who went along with us and loved it and found a great place to cool off.
Another hike to a waterfall (about 1.1 miles)
Then we drove up to a mountain lake. It was a tricky 7 mile drive and took us close to an hour up and 45 minutes down. But well worth the view.
There was a rope swing and everyone was a little nervous to be the first one in the water. We should not have done it to the newbie, but so thankful Ryan (my niece's husband) tried it out first. I wish I had gotten take off, but I got the landing.
Ryan survived, so it encouraged the others to give it a go.
It was a clear lake and it did not look deep enough to jump, but it was just deep enough. If you look at the rock sticking out of the water, this was our fear, that someone would slip off the rope or not jump far enough and land on the rock. (We would not let Joseph jump for this reason, he just swung)
When my friend arrived we did a round trip 6 mile hike, but I was not about to carry my camera up there. It was beautiful too and Joseph and Bree did awesome! A great time with those we love!
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