Busick Adventures: July 2016

We made it to Lake Tahoe!! Woohoo!! ,

We arrived on June 20th and stayed for a couple days at Greg's parents' cabin. I can't believe we made it to California! 21 Days on the road and we finally made it! SO close to home to see our families and it feels so good! But first, a little more vacation, a place we feel comfortable, a place we can just relax, and a place we are familiar with. What is the first thing the kids want to do??

HOT TUB of course!!

The next morning, we headed out for a little hike to Angora Lake. Ahh but did we mess up! This place was awesome and would have been perfect if we would have brought lunch and swim suits (well for the kids at least because the water was COLLLD). It was a beautiful 1 mile hike, with a neat little lake and waterfall at the end.

Can I just tell you, these kids LOVE water. So we explored downtown South Lake Tahoe and then found a spot to play in the lake. Let me tell you, it is hard to find a place in South Lake Tahoe where you can just go and put your feet in without paying! Well, we eventually found a dog beach (lol) which then led us to a pretty neat playground. A playground that probably had the best view of any playground!!

Off to Petaluma!!

Blogging life on the road!

Don't mind me, our trip to Utah was only a month ago (June 17th to be exact)! lol! But I want these memories written down so I am going to go ahead and blog about these beautiful arches and the memories we created during our 2 day stay!

The drive into Moab was so beautiful, we were in awe. But by the end of the trip, nothing beat the beautiful arches, I'll tell you that!

We arrived in Moab in the late afternoon and it was hot! We came in knowing that the whole weekend was going to be in the 100s. Luckily we came from Key West where humidity is so intense, the dry heat in Moab made it not so bad. Shade was still nice to be in though! We stayed at a KOA and it was great!

We spent the rest of that evening setting up camp, BBQing a big ole' steak, and then going for a bike ride around the camp site. The evenings were sweaty but any breeze felt so good!

The next morning we got up and headed out to the Arches. We decided on Landscape Arch and later drove over to Double Arch. The drive up to Landscape Arch was about an hour through the Arches. Landscape Arch is an easier hike for the kids but, again, a little toasty!

Balance Rock

Onward we went to hike to Landscape Arch!

The kids hung in there as much as they could. Kam always scores in the backpack. Noah started off not really in the mood but hung tight!

We found this cool rock to sit on and take a break/have a snack. The kids loved climbing up and down this rock. At this point, I told Greg to go check out the higher points (that weren't safe, or even possible, with the kids). I figured it would take him 20-30 minutes. Lol! I was wrong....

After about 30 minutes, the kids had to go to the bathroom, so I packed everything up, popped Kam in the backpack, another backpack in front, and Noah by my side and away we went. Although it was hot, I was so proud of Noah and his patience. Not one complaint the whole mile and a half!

Turned out Greg got a little lost on his little journey in the Arches! But not a bad lost I would say. He found plenty more Arches and pretty wild views. I'm so glad he had the chance to explore a little more and see these incredible arches! Unfortunately, he made mostly videos and I can't upload them on here, boo!!

The next Arch we hit up was the Double Arch! Now THAT was cool and we got some pretty neat photos to prove it! It wasn't a hike of any sort. At the parking lot, you had the Double Arch and Parade of Elephants on one side, and the other side you had North Window, South Window, and Turret Arch (which we didn't make to due to major exhaustion by the kiddos. I don't blame them!)

After all this beautiful fun, we took the kids to ice cream, cooled down with some beverages, and went swimming!

That was pretty much our trip in Moab! We packed up and made one last stop on our way out....

DINOSAURS!!!! On our way into Moab, we past by this place called Moab Giants. All we saw were these huge dinosaurs off the side of the road and knew we had to stop there on our way out! This place included a walking path to see over 100 full size dinosaurs, 3D movie theater, kids play area, cafe, and a small museum.