Un Paseo

We decided that we needed an outing or un paseo on Monday to have some family time etc. David told us that they like to swim at the place where the canal and the river connect. (I think we have mentioned the canal before. It is an irrigation structure that they use during the dry season. see posting from Dec. 18) We had to drive for a little while until the road ended and then the we picked up the trail by the canal. There were places where there was no trail and we actually walked in the canal or along the edge.

Most of the trail had just a slight incline until we got closer to the beginning. The kids compared this to the log ride at Adventureland. Caleb kept saying how much fun it would be to ride the canal all the way back to the Fickers!

There were several neat waterfalls the closer we got to the river. This one is the biggest and the loudest!

There are so many rocks in the river. The kids had such a great time climbing on them.


The water was sooo cold! Samuel preferred to just throw rocks in and find bugs.

They all went in for a second or so. Bethany and Caleb actually jumped in a couple times.

Don and Caleb are trying to push each other in although it looks like dancing or maybe just hugging!

Once we ate our picnic lunch, climbed rocks and swam a little, it was time to head back home. The kids decided it would be fun to walk most of the way in the canal - it is much easier going down than up!

We did have one problem while we were on our paseo. Notice in this picture that Caleb does not have his glasses. I had his glasses clipped on the neckline of my shirt when I bent over to get a water bottle. The glasses slipped off and fell into a small puddle of water below me. Unfortunately, this puddle connected with the rest of the river underneath some rocks. We didn't see them again. Read our January newsletter for more.