Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Memorial Day Bike Adventure

Nathan and I decided it would be fun to bike down to Shoshone Falls. He got the bikes prepped and ready, I got the treats, diaper/wet wipes and coats, off we went. Tanner on his own bike, Savannah on the tandem hooked up to Nathan and I pulled Corbin in the bike trailer.

Tanner did so well. (granted majority of it was downhill), but we decided to go to Dierke's Lake instead of all the way down to the Falls. At the Lake we hopped on the dirt trails and off we went.

We found a spot for the kids to explore and climb on the rocks. First off there was tons of animal droppings of some sort. Nathan claimed it was a jaguar or something ferocious (I did find myself checking the cliffs out-perhaps we were being eyed as hearty meals). We did find a little stink bug beetle, of course Tanner wanted to jump on it and squish its' guts to see if it stinks. No sooner had we climbed maybe 3 boulders did it begin to rain. And it came fast. We found a little cave for the kids to hide out in. (the beetle had the same idea, except he did not survive, a bottom or shoe did squish its little guts).


The rain showered down, there was not any room for us in that little cave. Nathan and I smashed ourselves against a rock and tried to think dry. We did not succeed. We were pretty much drenched.

We did however, survive and biked our way out of the canyon and to our home, safe and sound.

This is Tanner shouting for joy at the top of the canyon! YES, he did it!
On the way out we found some Elk. All in all it was a great adventure!

5 comments:

mandy said...

I love it! I would have like to see a little more "Melissa as a drowned rat" but I can't believe those HUGE raindrops! That is an adventure your kids will always remember.

Three Men and a Janie said...

Super SWEET story Guts and I'm proud of you for taking pictures through it all! What a fun memory!

camfox said...

What a fun memory you made! I love it. My kind of fun. We went camping over the memorial day weekend. It was super fun. Just haven't made time to blog about it yet. You guys are pretty cool.

Jessie said...

Sounds like a fun ride. I am glad that you stayed happy through it all. Your kids look completely comfortable and content especially with the chips. :)

Holly said...

You are funny Guts. Whenever I read your blog it makes me semi-tempted to do one myself. That sounds so fun, I wish I were there (and not just cause it's Idaho either)