A morning out to Folsom Lake....

In an effort to not just sit and watch the tube today, we headed over the Folsom Lake for a morning adventure. It's a really nice day out, a little damp from the nights rain, but sunny and perfect otherwise. The lake, or what's left of it, is surrounded by places to walk and hike around, get out some energy and waste away a morning.

We parked at one of the beach areas, you can maybe see the glimmer of the water from where we are.

We decided to head out to find the water's edge. Oh look, we're about half way there! The boys loved climbing all over the rocks, digging in the sand and following the dry stream beds.

Ta Da! There really is some water left!

So we made our way to the edge, getting muddier as we got closer. Not realizing how soft an area it was becoming we walked a little further to cross a bit of a streamy pathway. That resulted in me finding the sink holes. Of course I had Ty and he's freaking out that I'm sinking! So we moved away from there, with a ton of struggle and Keith and I both are a muddy mess.

See, to my knees!

So we hike back out and decided to head back to the car. Ty was d-o-n-e!

This was him the whole way back to the car, crying, couldn't decided if he wanted to walk or be carried, and the sad whine/cry.

Cody on the other hand thought it was quite funny that we sank, and could care less about it! He ran around, finding more holes and sand to dig in, and rocks to climb on.

Finally a break in a the tears. A guy in a red truck, exploring the area, stopped to do a cookie or two and distract the boys.

Once we were back to the van all was well. We had snack and juice, stripped down to our undies and covered in blankets for the short trip home. It was fun, and they are now peacefully napping away their afternoon.

Once we got home we asked Ty and he said it scared him that we were stuck. He still wasn't so sure about the whole situation but said he had fun. Lets hope he'll let us take him back again!