This years river trip to Laughlin was a blast, as usual. It's taken me awhile to blog because each year we take more pictures and this year I had to select from 363.
I hope I chose a little of everything. We found a cool new beach right near the hotel that I'm sure we'll go back to next year. We also took great grandpa Kelly this year and I initiated his first river trip by turning the new boat over on its first run and depositing GGpa in the river. All was well, though, as it was extremely hot and the cool water felt good. I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking.
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| Getting ready to leave |
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| Aubs and CJ in the car - let's go grandpa! |
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| Gma and Gpa at we hook-up with Scott's family |
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| Our "convoy" at the rest stop outside of Needles. Man was it hot! |
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| Camp Skelly - day one @ Jack Smith Park in Needles |
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| Brooklyn didn't care for the heat much |
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| Gma |
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| Molly trying to keep Brooklyn happy |
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| Scott and family going out for a ride. They also dumped a boat. I still don't know who was more upset - Olivia or Rachel! |
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| Trying to convince Olivia to go for a ride (?) |
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| Skyler chillin' |
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| Scott, Bonnie, and Aubs |
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| Aubs and her Mom |
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| Another view of camp Skelly |
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| GGpa. |
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| James and CJ looking for ???? |
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| I guess the found it, or some, or??? |
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| Aunt Bonnie takes a turn with Brooklyn |
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| Scott getting a feel for the "road" |
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| Molly going for a spin |
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| Shawna coming in from a ride |
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Are those gpa's apricots on your face?
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Day two - Big Bend Park at Laughlin
This place had a cool little bay where the kids (large and small) could lounge in calmer waters
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| Aubrey, Olivia, and Brooklyn keeping cool |
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| GGpa and Olivia |
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| Brooklyn and her mommy |
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| Scott keeping cool on a tube |
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| Olivia and Aubs |
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| Rachel and CJ |
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| Gma and Gpa getting ready to tow someone in a tube |
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| Towing Aubrey or Cayden |
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| More towing |
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| Camp Skelly from afar |
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| Gma & Gpa |
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| Aubs tubing |
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| Bryan, Molly, and Shawna swimming out in the bay |
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| Brooklyn brought her own pool |
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| Bonnie and kids going for a ride |
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| Bonnie and CJ on the boat. Just about everyone else in the water. It sure felt good! |
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| Bonnie goofing off |
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| Scott, James, CY and Gpa kicking back |
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| Sky keeping out of the sun (Smart!) |
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| Olivia |
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| Bringing in a "tuber" |
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| Bryan and Gpa unloading a boat |
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| GGpa going to relax by the water. Was it hot, Dad? |
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| Gma blowing up some toys |
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| Setting up camp Skelly. Who's in charge? |
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| Aubrey watching Brooklyn and olivia. What a helper Aubrey is! |
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| GGpa trying to keep cool |
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| Sky helping to keep Brooklyn amused |
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| Shawna on the new boat. Do you miss purple? I hope not |
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| Lounging in the lagoon |
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| Let's all gather at the water |
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| Bryan and Molly |
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| Shawna reading |
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| Shawna and her blow up boyfriend? No, letting the air out of a tube. |
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| Done for the day |
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| Tootsie pop picture |
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| Checking out of the hotel. I'm sure everyone is looking forward to the long, boring drive home |
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| Brooklyn doesn't care |
HOME AGAIN!
SEE YA NEXT YEAR!
