Julia's new friend
Feeding the horses and other animals!
Turner Falls
Playing on the beach
Swimming in the pool at the foot of the falls.
For our last weekend with the boys, we threw everyone back in the car and ventured off to something new. We had heard about this place just last week from a friend of mine and I am so glad we did! The Arbuckle Wilderness was a drive through safari, where you could feed the animals, though for the most part we tried to toss the food away from the car some animals were more persistant than others. Julia adored the horses, of course, they are a new obsession for her so she was ecstatic to have one poke it's head in the car window! Riley had the most fun with the food, Robert, like me, was a bit more nervous (okay maybe even more than me) and did better tossing the food well away from the car! But still we all had fun.
After that, we went down the road just a couple of miles and hit Turner Falls Park, both of these places are in Oklahoma by the way, so the boys have added another state that they've been in to their list since leaving Maine. Turner Falls was incredible and by far a change of pace for us. It's the first time since leaving Maine that I've gotten into any stream, river or lake water and it was great! (that doesn't count the ocean that's completely different!) The water was actually clear, Julia loved walking into it, holding our hands of course and floated quite well with her water wings. She's very trusting of me and Daddy, and was repeating "I got you" as if to remind us that we indeed had her. This was also her first experience with beach sand, she wasn't quite sure what to think of how sticky it was but was quite curious about it all the same.
For more pictures (about 150 of them!) go to Dropshots. It was a long but really fun day. I just wish we had known more about the falls and how it was set up before going. We would have packed a lunch, spent more time there and taken some floats!! Good tip for next time.
1 comment:
Julia is a girl after my own heart! Maybe we can go riding together someday. I'd love to take her for a ride on my pony Princess. Looks like you guys had a really great time.
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