Friday, July 11, 2014

Moxie Falls

This past Tuesday we went with the Carlton family up to The Forks to hike one of our favorite hikes: Moxie Falls. We left early so we could get up there before it was too hot....the bugs werent that bad....there was a chance for severe thunderstorms, but we avoided all of them and we had, for the most part, perfect weather!

We went off the beaten path to a little pool by the head of the falls and just waded around a little bit...there was a cute little frog swimming around in the pool, so the kids were obviously very interested in this....

Afterwards, we made our way back to Northern Outdoors where we had some lunch and Andy and I sampled two of their fantastic beers--he had the Red IPA and I had the SummerDrift Wheat Ale. Both were fantastic...they make wonderful beer there!

The kids found their way into the rec-room/arcade that Northern Outdoors has, and they all somehow cajoled the adults present to unload all their quarters on them; Callum, in a true moment of altruism, doled out all his remaining quarters from his wallet to Maira, Hannah, and Emily, so they could play video games. Deciding which game to play, hopefully, is the most difficult decision any of these kids will ever face, since this REALLY threw them for a loop...haha

In the end, Callum and I played some Mortal Kombat game and he wiped the floor with me. Maira was content to just sit on the pretend motorcycle for some motocross game....

After lunch, it was back to Fairfield for Hannah's afternoon karate, and Callum's swimming lessons. Callum has been doing a pretty intensive swim lesson program at the Alfond Ctr, and he has it each day for about an hour...and this goes on for two weeks, and he is doing an awesome job!!

I know these were on FB...but our camera is still nonexistent, and I am relying on other people's pics...haha...

But here we all are hanging out by the pool of water before the big falls!



Selfie!! Maira's face kills me. Dont know if it is the "Pirate Face" or just the "go to hell people" face....both are faces she makes often....


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