Tubing Daredevil!

Finley did amazing on the tube yesterday, she even helped captain the boat!

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Let's Go O's!

Last month we went to our first baseball game of the season. With the Astros having such an awful team and even worse ownership, we waited until the Orioles game to town to head out to Minute Maid Park. Finley did a great job cheering for the Orioles in the nearly empty stadium. The Orioles won and Finley celebrated with a helmet sundae. Yum!

Dolphins

We took the boat out yesterday for some "boat chicken" and to see if we could spot some dolphins. Galveston Bay was super calm and we saw a least a dozen dolphins! They were everywhere. Finley was spotting them left and right. She is an expert dolphin spotter.

Happy July 4th!

We spent the evening on Clear Lake checking out the fireworks over Galveston Bay.  When we got to the boat, none of the lights were working.  After lots of work by Clifton and Grandad, the lighting problem was finally solved and we were able to go out on the lake to watch the fireworks.  Finley had so much fun!

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Day Three: Arches National Park

We woke up early to hit the long trail to the Landscape Arch.  The arch is the longest in the park and it takes a bit of a hike to get to, luckily there are two arches along the trail to break things up a bit.  We also saw Pine Tree Arch and Tunnel Arch on the way back to the car.  After the long morning, we made a short stop to see the most famous arch, Delicate Arch.  The hike to the top is over three miles long, so a bit too much for Finley.  When she gets older we will definitely take it on.  So the viewing area was our last stop before the drive back to Snowmass.

Day Two: Arches National Park & Canyonlands National Park

We woke up early so that Clifton and Finley could hike Park Avenue.  It was a little over a mile one way, so we decided it best that I drive and pick them up at the end instead of having all of us hike round trip.  Finley did great on her hike and she was quite excited that she had made it.  After Park Avenue, we headed to the Sand Dune Arch.  Finley had so much fun trudging through the sand, too bad her shoes filled up quickly with all that stomping around.  After a quick shoe cleaning, we made the hike to the Broken Arch.  It was really beautiful.  Along the trail Clifton warned Finley not to step on wood since there might be snakes living inside.  This totally freaked Finley out and she got scared.  We drove over to the Skyline Arch, made a quick view of it, then headed back to Moab for lunch and swimming.  After a nap, we headed out to Canyonlands National Park.  Finley became a Junior Park Ranger and even got her very own Park Ranger Badge.  After making it to the end of the road, we took in our first amazing view of Canyonlands.  We loaded back up into the car and Finley promptly fell asleep.  I guess her nap wasn't enough!  She napped through most of Canyonlands while Clifton and I took turns taking in the views at the overlooks.  She woke up toward the end and was feeling much better.  We had dinner in Moab, complete with an ice cream cone.

Glenwood Hot Springs

We met Auntie Hodder in Glenwood Springs today for an enchilada lunch and some fun at Glenwood Hot Springs. It is HOT here. 98 degrees in Glenwood Springs to be exact, for those temperatures I could be in Houston. At least it is a dry heat. We rode the water slides a ton of times and Finley did amazing by herself down the slide. I was a little bit frightened by how fast it went, but Finley loved it. I was worried she might be scared, but she was just happy that she got to "go upside down" on the slide. I think she was sliding all around in the tube. She also did somersaults and handstands in the water. It was the perfect temperature. The hot springs are open all year round, I am not sure I would be able to handle it when it was cold outside.