Friday, July 23, 2010

Royal Mt. Carmel Falls

Last week was David's midterm and always after tests David has a little extra time to play with us. We went snorkeling Friday night and then Saturday we headed up to Mt. Carmel falls. It was about a 45 minute drive, and we luckily found the little sign on the side of the road that pointed us in the right direction. As we started on the little hike, the natives said that we needed to be prepared to get wet, a storm was coming in. We got about 25 feet into the trail and there was a covering of banana leaves and it started to down pour, so we took shelter underneath the trees for about 10 minutes. We got a little wet, but it did a pretty good job at keep us from getting drenched. I truly felt like I was in the jungle shelting my family with banana leaves and trees,, what a memory.
As you can imagine, the trail was quite muddy from the recent down pour but we literally trudged through the trail. It was only about a 15 minute walk and the kids did great. Eliza was wearing a little skirt and flip flops and she was walking in the mud right with us.
We got to the falls and had a little snack and let the kids play in the shallow water. It was such a unique place and beautiful atmosphere. What a fun day.

4 comments:

Clint Carter said...

Fun stuff!

Melinda said...

that is so awesome. I love those weird things that happen so you can remember it better. Love the pics!!!

Tiffany Gremmert said...

What a cool place. So glad David got a break to play and that you took a break from the pool and beach. Looks beautiful.

Louise Cave said...

I'm so glad you guys are having fun out there. Its nice to see a few places i recognise but i'm more excited to see all of your family adventures over the next year.