Yes...Derek is holding a very real snake. It turned my stomach a little! Darrell attempted some fly fishing with no luck...and unfortunately he maintained that luck the rest of the week:( The kids had fun throwing rocks and sticks in the water and just enjoying the beautiful outdoor Snowflake weather.
Monday afternoon Darrell and I left without the kids to Heber. We stayed at the Bison Ranch for 2 nights. We spent the days eating, hiking, trying to fish and talking. By the 2nd night we missed our kids and wanted them back...they are so much apart of us now and we knew we would enjoy watching them have fun. So Wednesday, after visiting some ruins near Fort Apache we went back to Snowflake. We stayed there that night and then headed for Pinetop in the morning. We went to Greer, and on the way there stopped to play in some snow.
Near Greer there were a few reservoirs that we tried to fish in most of the day. Derek learned very quickly how to cast a fishing pole. Emily mostly wanted to eat trail mix and was VERY possessive of the trail mix bag.
By Friday afternoon we were completely vacationed out! Saturday Darrell, along with Derek, went and did his favorite thing...helping his dad work. Emily and I stayed at the hotel. She napped and played while I relaxed and read books. Saturday evening we drove again to Snowflake to enjoy dinner at Trapper's with Gary, Sarah, and Jeannie. All in all it was a fun vacation. Darrell and I learned a few things, like we don't enjoy too much leisure time, we enjoy getting things done. So a shorter vacation next time. Plus we like our kids:) Not that we didn't know it, we were just reminded of it:)
One other high light from the trip was eating dinner at the Red Onion Tuesday night. Darrell and I always drive by it on the way to Snowflake and this trip we ate there. The food was very good! Lots of oil! The wait was a little long, but the food was worth it:)
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