Friday, July 10, 2009

For our next trick we'll build Rome in a day

In 30 hours we....

1. Pulled out of the driveway at noon
2. Caught naps during the drive
3. Set up our cabin, checked out the bathrooms, walked around the lodge area
4. Walked to the amusement/water park
5. Toured the fairy tale park
6. Watched a circus
7. Drove kiddie cars and helicopters and boats
8. Fed goats
9. Changed into water gear for the water park
10. Floated around the lazy river a few times
11. Went down a few water slides
12. Swung. Swang? Swinged? um...Played on the swings in the water.
13. Changed back: Rode the merry go round (Katie finally brave enough to ride one of the moving horses)
14. Rode a train
15. Rode a big school bus back to the cabin
16. Cooked out at the campfire
17. Made s'mores
18. Washed up dishes and ourselves
19. Tucked the kids into bunkbeds
20. Sat out by the campfire in the 40 degree mountain air for a few peaceful hours.
21. Had breakfast from the campfire
22. Packed up camp
23. Stopped to watch 2 deer by the road
24. Hiked to the top of Rocky Mountain (1/2 mile up)
25. Enjoyed the view
26. Hiked back down (that same 1/2 mile down, much easier)
27. Had a picnic
28. Stopped at a beach for 2 hours
29. Got ice cream cones at the arcade
30. Drove home, napping all the way.
(And in keeping with our last trip, everything is already unpacked, cleaned, washed, folded, put away, and the house is cleaner than when we left it. And I'm off to bed before midnight. Whee! Tomorrow: unprecedented laziness with a side of sluggish.)

2 comments:

Rob said...

And we never felt rushed or pressured to get any one of those things accomplished! Everything felt leisurely.

jill said...

You should probably check your backs for capes. Of the superhero sort.

Maybe I've changed my mind about the camping thing. Maybe.