Sand toys are ready to go
And then….as if hours of all of that wasn’t enough…we decided we would add a little more to our little excursion and visit Zapata Falls. The brochure told us this: Drive three miles up the gravel road…walk a 1/2 mile to the creek…wade up stream to the narrow cave. Creek can be deep and swift at times. Watch for falling rock.
So as if that wasn’t already enough to warn us….we soon leanred that the brochure should say this: Drive 3 miles up a narrow rocky ridge where you’re kids will open their mouth and let their voice vibrate the whole time. Park your car and begin your hike upwards for a 1/2 mile on a rocky path. Get to the white capped, extremely fast rushing “creek” and figure out how you will climb the slippery rocks as far as you can without getting in the water. Once you get to the part where you can no longer avoid the water, prep yourself for your children’s screams the minute they touch the ice cold water. As quickly as you can, jump from rock to rock in the calf high water to the next spot that you can get to that is out of the water so that your feet can warm up. From there, realize that half your group will not make it and watch them return down to the beginning. With your children, wait on the rock in the middle of the “creek” while your husband carries each of them one at a time, further up the creek in now thigh high ice cold water, through the cave that could have falling rocks so that they can see the ledge of ice and water fall. Afterwards, figure out how to make your way back down, keeping your kids safe and while you are trying not to die on the slippery ledge that has no foot holds, watch some stranger cuddle your kids while they cry. Afterwards, enjoy your feet that you can no longer feel and all the fun pictures you got!
With that said…we had a blast and i am still laughing at this experience!!
looks like a lot of fun! too bad we had to miss out! on your 3rd annual trip maybe we can vote for a weekend that we have free too!
ReplyDeleteHAHA awesome!! Looks like fun (except for the freezing feet & crying children) but what an experience! Next year maybe we will pretend we are in your family & join. Joe and I were looking at the pics, remembering the last times we were each there-we were both very young! We'd love to go back!
ReplyDeleteWow! We still have not been to the Sand Dunes. Seems like we never have time. And your trip to the falls sounded like so much fun. LOL we never would have gotten past the water part. Lilly would have freaked out Abby would have jumped head first in! But it looked very cool!
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