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Back to the present: Natural Water Slide. Leaving the fear behind.

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I love to do fun, amazing things with my kids during the summer. We have pretty much seen our state and our city, or so I thought. Last night, while on FB, one of my friends posted their adventure to the Alpine Water Slide. That was my clue that I had missed a hidden gem. I Googled it and found a great blog on the area. It gave advice and directions! So today, we loaded up. Luckily we have our cousins here from Texas so they were able to go on the adventure too. We even took Bailey the Dog. We drove 20 minutes. Found the No Trespassing sign......went under the gate, hey people no judging it is on public land you just have to go on private land for a bit.....and there were like 50 other people doing the same thing.

It was a mile hike. Then we found the most incredible God made water slide down the mountain. It was awesome. The granite rocks were so smooth and so slick!


Alex was the first to go down, of course. It is about 25 feet, I guess. The pool at the end is deep so you don't hurt yourself, but not too deep so you can still touch.









 Here is Kenzie's turn.....she starts with thinking.....her normal routine.



 Finally she goes and she enjoys it!







This is Skyler. He only went twice because he thought it was pretty cold. Alex was a sweetheart and caught him. That was a big help for Skyler. It is nice to have someone in the family who is big enough to take care of everyone! Thanks Alex for being our hero.




Maylin would have nothing to do with the waterfall, but she played in the water with the dog. She also made a friend and dropped our only towel int he stream.



This is Carson. Alex's best cousin. The boys enjoyed the slide the most and went down it the most.



The water was chilly, but to us natives it felt good.....way warmer than the river water we swam in just two days before in Idaho, but to our Texas family it was cold. Here is Kenzie in complete happiness.


There was a little side waterfall, Alex thought he would sit in to relax.


The hardest part of the waterslide was climbing up. This rock part was a little sketchy.


The second hardest part was being shocked by the chilly water.


I AM SO PROUD!!! I decided it looked so fun that I did it. This is a big deal since I am afraid of heights, afraid of water, afraid of getting my head wet and well, pretty much afraid of everything. However, I decided I was going to do it! Alex climbed up with me the first time and held my hand over some sketchy parts. He showed me the best path down theslide and he even gave me a little push. The only thing he would not do is catch me.......

 Here we discuss the best path.

A moment of "Am I really doing this?"






Last minute words of encouragement.

A little push.......






It was cold, but not like I thought it would be. It was AWESOME!!!! I did it twice!



I may look like I am scared, but I was having fun. It does go pretty fast.


 This is Savannah, the girl cousin. She had the funniest run of the afternoon. She flipped on her side and went in sideways, spraying all on lookers and their cameras and cell phones.




Here are some more pictures of me. I think they are funny and proof that I can BE BRAVE!!!








This actually was the hardest part.
I left feeling excited. It was great to do something fun and leave the fear behind. We had a great time. I am glad I got to share it with my family.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Way to go Laurel, you're my hero!

Your swimsuit was so cute!
July 27, 2013 at 7:12 AM
emma nelson said…
WOW! You so the neatest things...!
July 27, 2013 at 11:19 AM
Glenda said…
Kudos...to you.
July 30, 2013 at 12:29 PM
M3 said…
You are a rock star!!! Awesome to do something that scares you, and awesome to do it with your family. They will always remember stuff like this.
July 30, 2013 at 2:27 PM
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