My family, extended family, and extended-extended family have a 3 day get together every other year in Ft Payne, AL at the De Soto State Park. It is 3 days of hiking in the woods, swimming in the river, and generally getting reacquainted with everyone. The reunion has its perks and its drawbacks.
This year has been a lot more fun because in addition to bring Tim for the first time (he now understands my craziness) we also brought the baby. We took a side trip on the way up here to Chattanooga, TN and rode the Incline Railway to Lookout Mountain. Blaine and Tim both loved it, though I am not sure if they enjoyed the ride or making fun of me being terrified. The next day was a clan excursion to High Falls Park, it was a 45 minute drive but well worth it. The high light: a 25 ft jump into the river, but that was not the scary part. The scary part was the climb back up the cliff you just jumped off of. You had to use a rope to pull yourself up and you really learn how much upper strength you really have. Once you got past the first 10 ft of vertical climb you reached the ledge and saw how frayed the rope was that you were depending on. Still I did it twice.
Levy slept through the entire trip, I later found out that was the result of his first formula bottle which was provided by his Great-Grandmother. Blaine had a blast catching a few tadpoles and making friends with some of the other visitors to the falls. It was a fun family outing for all of us.
Levy slept through the entire trip, I later found out that was the result of his first formula bottle which was provided by his Great-Grandmother. Blaine had a blast catching a few tadpoles and making friends with some of the other visitors to the falls. It was a fun family outing for all of us.
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