For our Family Night activity we headed out this afternoon to find the Coke Ovens, down past Florence. Rob wanted to check out the area as a possible place to take his scouts anyway, so we set out to make a hike out of it.
Long story short, the amount of hiking we did ended up being about zero, but we definitely weren't lacking adventure. As we drove through a canyon, trying to wind our way through, we came to a spot that looked impossible to drive through. Unfortunately, Rob saw it as a challenge.
As we started driving over the boulders (not exaggerating--they were BOULDERS!), we soon found ourselves high-centered and in a dilemma. Rob started to get out to evaluate our situation and Ashlee commented, "You know, some families go bowling and stuff..." This was her way of letting us know that she apparently finds our family activities to be out-of-the-ordinary. Strange.
Well, we made it through and got to go about another 1/4 mile before we were truly at a dead end. Which of course meant... we got to go BACK over the part we had just come through. This time, knowing what we were in for, I got out to help guide from the outside (and snap pictures!), Ashlee stayed in the front to guide from there, and we let the other kids out to play around while Rob worked through it.
Here they go over the boulders...
I cringed watching them as they finally got through. That big rock behind them was stuck underneath the car as they came down off the boulders. The scraping and grinding before it finally worked its way out was physically painful to watch (and hear)!!! =/
Chase loves having big brothers to swing him... 1... 2... 3!
Rob told Kaybree to see if she could hear a train coming...
Just hangin' out...
We thought this place looked like something out of a movie. It even looked misty back in there. It was really cool.
Had to snap a couple pictures of the scenery as the sun went down.
The night was complete after stopping to find a quick geocache on the way home:
Ashlee would still have preferred bowling... ;-)
Long story short, the amount of hiking we did ended up being about zero, but we definitely weren't lacking adventure. As we drove through a canyon, trying to wind our way through, we came to a spot that looked impossible to drive through. Unfortunately, Rob saw it as a challenge.
As we started driving over the boulders (not exaggerating--they were BOULDERS!), we soon found ourselves high-centered and in a dilemma. Rob started to get out to evaluate our situation and Ashlee commented, "You know, some families go bowling and stuff..." This was her way of letting us know that she apparently finds our family activities to be out-of-the-ordinary. Strange.
Well, we made it through and got to go about another 1/4 mile before we were truly at a dead end. Which of course meant... we got to go BACK over the part we had just come through. This time, knowing what we were in for, I got out to help guide from the outside (and snap pictures!), Ashlee stayed in the front to guide from there, and we let the other kids out to play around while Rob worked through it.
Here they go over the boulders...
Rob would drive a few inches, get out and strategically place rocks as needed, get in and drive over those rocks, get out and place some more rocks...
This went on for quite awhile...
This went on for quite awhile...
I cringed watching them as they finally got through. That big rock behind them was stuck underneath the car as they came down off the boulders. The scraping and grinding before it finally worked its way out was physically painful to watch (and hear)!!! =/
This is what the other kiddos did while Rob & Ashlee were having their fun:
After we got out of that mess, we drove another way and found some railroad tracks to play around. We never made it to the Coke Ovens, since it was getting dark, but had a good time nonetheless.
Of course no family outing would be complete without Rob terrorizing the kids...
Chase loves having big brothers to swing him... 1... 2... 3!
Rob told Kaybree to see if she could hear a train coming...
Just hangin' out...
We thought this place looked like something out of a movie. It even looked misty back in there. It was really cool.
Had to snap a couple pictures of the scenery as the sun went down.
The night was complete after stopping to find a quick geocache on the way home:
Ashlee would still have preferred bowling... ;-)
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