Summer Part 2

Once again we find that time has zoomed past. Here we are almost in December and we still have not mentioned the rest of our summer. Even though we are in the winter months we wanted to do a brief trip back a few months. Lets start here.  The Oneida Narrows.

The Oneida Narrows is a big long river in Idaho. The Muffin’s family found this a few years ago. The first time we tried floating down the river was a few years ago. It was raining and cold that day and it took the Muffin’s family most of the day to decide to do it by the time they made it to the river it was late in the afternoon and by the time they were done it was cold and nobody could feel any part of their body. This year we decided to try it again but earlier. It paid off, You start by climbing down a little dirt hill and you get in the water and away you go.

 

We had so much fun. It took us a few hours to make it all the way down the river and by the end we had tube burns on our arms from paddling down the river. We saw some great things as well like a pelican, ducks, and some great landscape. There are a few parts of the trip that are a little rapid but it was so fun riding the waves… If you can call them that.

When we got done we made it just in time because the winds came in and the rain started. We had one moment where we were not watching our tubes and one of them flew in to the river. A stranger was kind enough to go after our tub that's what is in the picture above. All in all we had a lot of fun!

 

Utah’s Hogle Zoo

This was the first time in a while that the Muffin and the Brownie went to the zoo. We actually got free tickets to the zoo when we visited a used car lot sale and they were giving free tickets away. We decided that going to the zoo would be fun and it would be fun to take our little Oreo for the first time. The only mistake we made was going on a holiday it was so busy and there were so many people that it was hard to see everything but it was still worth the trip.

     

 

When you first get to the Zoo there is this big marble ball and rotates as water moves under it. This was a kid magnet because there were so many kids surrounding this marble ball that we had to wait a few min to get in so we could get the Oreo to feel it. It took him a min to figure it out but he had fun playing with the water and feeling the marble.

 

 

Next, we took the train around the park. It was the last day that the Zoo was going to do the train rides so we took advantage of the ride. The little Oreo loved looking at everything. We were able to see so many things and every animal that you could think of. The Muffin’s favorite animals were the polar bears, giraffes, elephants, and the tigers.

 

 

  We went to the zoo with the Brownie’s grandparents and they got him this really cute bear. He really liked playing with it and did not let it go the rest of the day.

 

At the end of the day we took this little family photo and as you can see the tigers right behind us. We had a great time and would do it again but maybe we will wait until the Oreo is just a little bit bigger:)