Vacation kicking into overdrive

Tomorrow we leave for the grand canyon, flagstaff and Sedona.  It's been a great vacation already and even without this extra excursion it's been awesome. 

Today is the first day we didn't swim since we arrived.  Mary Grace and William have been getting along famously.  William had been outstandingly well behaved.

We did bumper boats, miniature golf and go carts at cracker jack today.  We all agreed that bumper boats were the best.  Everyone but Nate got drenched by getting pushed into the waterfall...  We'll get him next time! 

The desert hike that wasn't meant to be.

As our plans for an Arizona vacation firmed up I decided to look for activities that would be fun for the kids.  I found a "creatures of the night desert tour" that coincided our vacation with a bonus full moon.  Sold!

So we got directions from our hosts and ventured out.  The tour was to run from 7 until 9 and we left at 6:30.

First we went to the wrong park.  Obviously we're tourists...  Then we went to the mailing address of the park which was essentially a police station.  Then we went to another address associated with the web page and that was a county park truck depot. 

At the truck depot we ran into two other families who were equally confused.  We followed them to the park visitor center and decided to follow them. 

Now the kids were less than enthusiastic by this point and we were 30 minutes late but we decided to venture out anyway. 

So the daylight faded as we hiked a lovely trial and saw these sights.  Best part was seeing the moon come up over the mountain framed by saguaro cactai.

First fish EVER!

Tonight at Lake Riley, my boy caught his first fish ever! 

We decided to try this spot after our first fishing outing on Saturday afternoon didn't result in any catches. 

He literally cast his fishing pole one time and got a bite.  Not sure what kind of fish it was but it was about 6 inches long and... well... perfect! 

We brought three worms with us from the backyard and the other two worms were promptly eaten with no hook contact.

He was so excited he was jumping around and smiling ear to ear.  Daddy was pretty proud too!

Fishing adventure #1

We broke in Williams new fishing pole today with a afternoon trip to Corners Glen.  We opted for a hike after fishing for about an hour and a half.  They just aren't biting! 

It was lots of fun and on sure we'll try again in a the coming weeks.  The excitement will just have to wait a little bit longer.