Saturday, August 1, 2015

Cave Falls and Horsehoe Lake, Mom-style

Me:  Kids, I am home!
Kids: Where were you? I thought you were just going to the bank!
Me:  Well, when Jeep and I run errands, we often find ourselves out in the middle of nowhere. Wanna come along next time?
Kids: Yeah!

So we left bright and early at 9am.  You can only leave as early as your sleepiest teenager allows...

We first went to Cave Falls. It was beautiful and we had the falls to ourselves.  We wiggled our toes in the water, but it was as cold as the Oregon ocean!  We climbed around on the rocks.  We had fun then took off again. We were going to try to find Sheep Falls, but it wasn't well marked and there were lots of turn offs, and we really could not see anything due to the flocks of sheep falling down the mountain...heehee, just kidding!  We decided next time we'd take a map along.  We are adventurous, but we aren't crazy!  Ok, maybe just a little bit. Our next stop was Horseshoe Lake.

The lake was gorgeous. We threw rocks, waded in the water and then we got an amazing treat when a big bald eagle flew over the lake.  It landed at the top of a tree and sat there looking around for a while. It was so majestic!  We watched it for about 10 minutes, then it took flight again and headed back the way it came.  It was the highlight of our day!  On our way out I went through a huge puddle and water sprayed all over the Jeep.  The kids laughed and squealed.

I love off-roading with the kiddos.  We have plenty of time together to talk. We laugh and play and we see amazing things. We dream of the future and we just enjoy our time together.














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