Monday, September 8, 2008

Cliff Jumping

John's been wanting to take me Cliff Jumping at Knights Ferry ever since we've been married so he finally just planned everything with a couple friends and told me we were going. I told him I was going to be a chicken but that I would go. The area where they do the 40 foot jump luckily came along with a very shallow beach that the kids had a lot of fun playing in. Vivian is usually a chicken when it comes to water but she just went right in there the second we set her on the ground after the 10 minute hike to "the spot."
Michael loved walking on the rocks (at least he didn't complain like the rest of us anyways).

There was this group of rocks in the middle of the shallower part that he had fun climbing on too.Vivian liked to suck the germs off of the rocks. Fortunately she didn't get sick after wards.

Here are the guys making their way up to the jumping off point.Visily is almost ready to go... the other guys... not so sure yet.

I thought I better use the beautiful scenery to get a couple mommy/daughter pics. Of course my favorite is this one where she has her thumb in her mouth (as usual).
John appologizes for the camera strap in the way but this was the only good picture we got of the full jump in the back ground. Carlos is going for his second and last jump here.
Father and Son together.
Here are the guys trying to get over the shock of the cold water.
I decided I better put sun screen on her head because her hair is so thin so I ended up giving her a mohock at the same time. I love the expression on her face in this one, "Really mom?"But then we ended up just putting her on a chair out of the sun to protect her. She is such the spoiled little princess.
Michael just attaches himself to anyone who will talk to him so here he is with Seth having a grand old time on a rock.

Here is one of the Video's we got. Visily's videos are the only ones short enough to watch. The other ones lasted forever waiting for them to get up their nerve. At the end of this video you'll see a dog that was there, he would run into the water after anyone jumped trying to save them, but he would stop where the rocks dropped off, so much for the rescue mutt.

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