We went to Lava Hot Springs in June for a weekend with friends. We camped along the Portneuf River. About every 45 minutes throughout the night, a train came rumbling by and decided it was a good place to "toot" his horn in three bursts, each lasting approximately 20 seconds. Needless to say, it wasn't the best sleep we've had.
The first day we went to the hot spring pools and the Olympic pool. The hot spring pools have gravel bottoms where the springs come up from the earth. These pools were too hot to stay in longer than 10 minutes. The Olympic pools were a blast. There were two tube slides that began 35 feet above the pool. The girls went down time after time. There were no lines, since it was overcast with a chilly breeze. As long as we were in the water, it was comfortable. Elizabeth was the first to go off the high dive in the group. She climbed up, walked to the end, and jumped in without any hesitation. After her, Sydney and the other older kids began to jump off.
The second day we decided to tube down the Portneuf River. We rented the tubes and asked the gal where we should go to tube down back towards our camp. She gave us directions and we piled in the cars and headed upstream. At the top, we asked another tube rental place where to go in and they directed us to the same spot. One hundred yards into our float, we all went over a 4 foot tall waterfall and flipped over. Everyone was scattered about and scraped up from the event. For the rest of the expedition, approximately 20 minutes, we had screaming and crying children who were fearful for their lives. When we came back from the trip, Sydney told her friends and their parents how we almost died in Idaho.
It was actually a fun weekend. We had a great time enjoying each others company, playing games and just hanging out.
The first day we went to the hot spring pools and the Olympic pool. The hot spring pools have gravel bottoms where the springs come up from the earth. These pools were too hot to stay in longer than 10 minutes. The Olympic pools were a blast. There were two tube slides that began 35 feet above the pool. The girls went down time after time. There were no lines, since it was overcast with a chilly breeze. As long as we were in the water, it was comfortable. Elizabeth was the first to go off the high dive in the group. She climbed up, walked to the end, and jumped in without any hesitation. After her, Sydney and the other older kids began to jump off.
The second day we decided to tube down the Portneuf River. We rented the tubes and asked the gal where we should go to tube down back towards our camp. She gave us directions and we piled in the cars and headed upstream. At the top, we asked another tube rental place where to go in and they directed us to the same spot. One hundred yards into our float, we all went over a 4 foot tall waterfall and flipped over. Everyone was scattered about and scraped up from the event. For the rest of the expedition, approximately 20 minutes, we had screaming and crying children who were fearful for their lives. When we came back from the trip, Sydney told her friends and their parents how we almost died in Idaho.
It was actually a fun weekend. We had a great time enjoying each others company, playing games and just hanging out.
2 comments:
I went down a six foot fall... um... with twice as many people and... well... we got scraped up too. Twice as scraped as you guys... 'cause the rocks were twice as big and sharper than your rocks... and we're all okay. We really like doing that... and they told us to go there too... 3 different rental companies, and so we did and in 50 yards we saw the waterfall and it looked scarry because the river was going faster than your river and that's why we all flipped over two or three times and got dragged on the rocks twice as far as you guys. But we're all okay because that's why we went up again and went over the falls twice.
And, good luck with the blog.
Welcome to the blogging world. Can't wait to hear more about the Martin Family. :-)
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