Watkins Glen Day Trip

Today was so fun.  We took a quick day trip to Watkins Glen to hike the falls.  We started out with some sustenance.  A picnic with my sweetie...

And my baby....

And my Big Boy... Yes, that is YELLOW watermelon!  We bought it at Wegmans!

{They didn't exactly love that I made them eat off of pink polkadotted plates.... They said they weren't MANLY enough.  Hee hee...}

Here they are at the bottom of the falls... all full of piss and vinegar.  Raring to go.

And UP, and UP, and UP we went. 

The views couldn't have been more spectacular.

Breathtaking, even!

We walked under waterfalls...

Through caves...

I told you.... breathtaking!

We read... and learned...

We rested... and checked our PokeWalkers... Lots of stairs taken today... 859 to be exact!

Lots of photo ops!

How could I resist?

More waterfalls to walk behind. How cool is that?

And bridges to cross... And STAIRS to CLIMB...

A fresh mountain spring to drink from!  We even filled our water bottle

with "real" spring water.  They were very excited to have "to go" waters.

Garbage can huggers?

Doing a little dance at the top because we MADE IT!

Me... dying... at the top because I ran the last three... steep... flights of stairs.

On the way back down after ice cream at the top.

 

Still full of piss and vinegar.  How do they do that???

The falls are even more amazing on the way back down because you don't have to concentrate on going UP.  You can enjoy the peacefulness on the way back down.

The thing most people know about Watkins Glen is the race track. My husband goes to the track a lot. He loves racing, so I'm thinking about getting him these for his birthday. Well, maybe not the last one, but he would LOVE it. It is a bit much though! Shhhh! Don't tell him!

WATKINS GLEN RACING (Images of Sports)

Shelbys at Watkins Glen

Professionally FRAMED WATKINS GLEN INTERNATIONAL NASCAR Panorama [Panoramic Photograph] Poster

Kids' Last Day!

Most of you who receive email from my blog will not be at all interested in these pictures, so I apologize now.  Just hit the big ol' delete button.  These are really pictures to share with friends and family who know the kids. LOL!   

The boys' last day celebrations were today.  V. was so sad to end the school year and G. couldn't be happier to see Summer underway!

Here are the pictures from their party at the end of the day.  The teachers and staff all stay outside and wave to the buses as the buses honk their horns and the kids wave goodbye.  It is always a tear jerker for some reason. 

Bring on Summer!

Tami