Today started off with us sleeping in a bit - I woke up to Hudson's "trying to whisper" voice. It is NOT a whisper. :) We all got ready and since we didn't have to be anywhere at a certain time, we were able to have a leisurely breakfast at the boys fave spot - IHOP. They no longer have the Nutella crepes that Reed so dearly loved, so they both decided on a funny face pancake. Eating breakfast at 11:30... ah, vacation. :)
Our destination today was the Inner Space Cavern. We had a great time. Having been to Carlsbad Caverns, Inner Space was no where near the enormity of Carlsbad, but it was still really cool. We had a guided tour and our guide was a retired engineer. You could tell that he was doing it because he loved to and it was a lot of fun. He was funny and showed us a lot of neat things. Some shots from the cavern-
Flow Rock - it was taller than we were
Tons of soda straws on the ceiling
It's like pulling teeth to get Hudson to look at the camera in a picture...
Speaking of which, it may be too small of a picture to tell, but everybody is looking at the camera but me... I guess Hudson comes by it honest. :)
After we returned to the surface, we got the boys a drink and some ice cream. Hudson enjoyed his... evidently all the way up to his nostril. :)
The gift shop had bags of sand that contained gems and they had a sluice outside you could use to "find" the gems. The boys LOVED this - especially Reed - it's right up his alley (he's his daddy's son for sure).
They also gave you a sheet that had all the rocks on it so you could identify the ones you "found".
We came away with quite a few - they were very pleased.
They also had a playground that we used to get some of the crazy energy out. :)
All in all, a great place to visit. We didn't spend as long there as I thought, but it was still worth going. We headed back to try to get another afternoon swim in the pool. I let them stay in a little longer today, but not much - it's just too chilly. After a shower to warm-up, we played Uno and rested until dinner. We saw a Joe's Crab Shack and since we don't have those close to where we live anymore, we thought we'd give it a shot. Brian and Reed ordered crab and with that, got their bibs (Brian's said "King Crab" but he chose not to wear it)...
Reed loved cracking his crab legs and getting the meat out. :)
We came back to the hotel and are just going to spend the rest of the evening playing games, watching TV and generally doing nothing. Good times.
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