I was craving potatoes & spam for breakfast so I
started cooking. Thanks to Dalton we were up early, although I tried to lie in
bed as long as I could, but once Emry was awake that’s that. Today was rock
climbing day. By the time we got out the door it was about 9:30am & it
wasn’t too hot yet. The kids were excited, but once we got out there on the
rocks it was “woah woah woah, mommy I can’t do it, give me your hand”. Trying
to hold both their hands & keep my balance was not happening so I had to
alternate. Dalton wasn’t sure what to do. He was holding my hand then walking
almost backwards for whatever reason. On one formation I had to carry him down
on my back part of the way then daddy had to come rescue both kids so I could
get down, but now they can say they were there & climbed the rocks. We
managed to climb a few areas & got lots of photos. At one point I had to
walk thru this path with grass on either side & Annika was freaked out that
there might be rattle snakes in there so I had her on my back & was
carrying Dalton then walked across. Sheesh these kids. That’s not the only
thing they’re afraid of. They’re afraid of all bugs. You should hear the high
pitch wailing that Dalton makes when a fly is near him. We blame Annika for his
fear of flies because she gets all skiddish as well. I told them that flies
can’t hurt them, but it doesn’t matter. Remember the mosquito fiasco?
Anyway, after rock climbing we went to see a prairie home
that had been lived in from 1909ish to the late 1940s. There were prairie dogs
all around & the dugout house (way better then the Ingalls one), barn,
underground shelter/cool room had all been restored. Dalton got a brown cowboy
hat & now resembles Woody. So cute. He didn’t’ want to wear it at first,
but now he does. After touring that we let Annika have a small goat figurine as
a souvenir. She’s getting a little better. We went to eat some lunch at the gas
station before going to see some underground Missle thing. They had buffalo hot
dogs & I settled for a slice of pizza. We missed the ticket thing for the
underground tour, but were able to go to the missle site & see it
underground as we stood above it. Nothing too exciting, but hubby wanted to see
it. Next.
From there we decided to take the scenic drive around the
Badlands park. I gotta say it was pretty awesome. We saw 2 Big Horns walking on
one of the formations & lots of Bison. In fact we got really close to them
on one stretch of the road because they were blocking the road. Then they were
right there near the suv as we passed them. Pretty neat, but kinda scared that
they could charge at us at any moment if they felt like it. We weren’t stupid
like some other people who got out of their vehicles with their children to
take photos. Really people? I thought it was very irresponsible of them &
just plain dumb. Had the bison charged at them & hurt or killed them they
would have surely passed the blame onto the wild animal or the park for not
having fences. Ding bats. We also saw lots of cows & some wild horses,
which Annika loved. I think the best part was the off roading section of the
trail we went on. The kids loved it & were laughing & saying “woooooaaaaahhh”
as we were all tilted to one side. Annika said it was so awesome & wanted
to do it again.
We got back to camp & I walked over to the office to
see what they had in their little grocery area. Nothing I needed, but gotta say
it looked pretty old & not sure how long some of that stuff has been in
there. Since it was so nice outside & such a perfect temperature in the
shade we decided to do burgers for dinner. The kids begged me to put them on
the ancient merry go round at the park so I caved & went over for a bit.
While the kids played outside I tried to take a quick cat nap. I fed Emry in
hopes of her falling asleep, but she just wanted to stand up & touch
everything along the wall & window. I put her in her pack n play &
closed my eyes for all of maybe 10 min. I could hear Dalton crying outside
& I could tell it wasn’t an injury cry so I let daddy take care of him. I
must have fallen asleep for a minute then heard Annika crying then the door
opened. She fell off the bench of the picnic table & scratched up her leg.
Mommy hugs & she was all better as soon as I asked her about her rodeo she
was building outside. She said “c’mon I’ll show you”, boo boo all forgotten.
She took sticks & rocks and made a corral for the horses then had their
water & food dishes. She showed me how the horses were fighting & how a
lonely little zebra was stranded without parents & came to the mama horse
asking to be part of her family. Oh earlier we found what looked like a coyote
or even a wolf paw print in the dried up mud & she wanted to make a sign
that said “Warning do not take the rocks out of the coyote print”. She had
decorated the print with different rocks. See who needs toys when you have
sticks & rocks…lol.
We ate our slider burgers & Emry chowed down on blueberries
& the potato & spam stuff I made for breakfast. Hubby made a fire
outside & the kids roasted the last few sticky marsh mellows & made
smores. It was a good day….well until I had to give the kids their showers.
Dalton screams like he’s being stretched to death or something. He has that
high pitch wail & I’m just waiting for someone to come knocking on our door
to see what the problem is. I of course blame hubby for Dalton’s fear of
showers. You see I’m nice & cup my hand above their foreheads so soap &
water don’t go into their eyes, but hubby just puts the water over their heads
& doesn’t care. Thus I have screamers now, well Annika doesn’t scream
anymore unless water gets in her eyes. She’s in for a rude awakening when she
gets her swim lessons soon.
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