Our kids just love outdoor adventures. We get lots of positive feedback. I'm coining the phrase "adventure momentum" to describe how once we start doing hikes or trips, it gets easier to go out and do more. Our latest was a camping trip to Chiricahua. We brought the Fosters along with us. We stayed at bonita campground and did the 1 mile hike to the Echo Canyon grottoes. I love this hike- it is just the right length for the little kids, and the grottoes are super fun to climb around.
Elliot kept saying "This is the best day ever! Take lots of pictures of this so that we can put it on the blog and I can remember it forever!"
Elliot the very enthusiastic rock climber
We stopped to climb on rocks about every five minutes. It was a slow pace but lots of fun for the mountain goat kids.
Hands on the hips was apparently the pose of the day
The roof of the grottos was made of boulders wedged between other boulders. Super cool.
Annie posing majestically by the grotto sign
We forgot a hat for Isaac, so he got to have an awesome sunscreen hairstyle. I thought he would take a nap in the baby carrier. He didn't but was a jolly guy anyway.
The signature stacked rocks are called Hoodoos. They formed when the weak volcanic rock was eroded by wind and water over the millennia. They look awesome!
Annie and McClain are quite the dynamic duo
The kids slept unusually well for a camping night. We put Isaac in the pack and play in the van with the window cracked by the tent. Annie and Elliot fought over who got to sleep on the extra air mattress vs the yoga mat and ended up both sharing the air mattress for a while, but in the middle of the night they both ended up in the narrow gap between their mattress and ours.
Now let's see how well we can keep up the adventure momentum as we get closer to summer!
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