Day 10 - an afternoon in the sun and sand

We were up early again this morning (why can’t I sleep in?!) and got a start on school. I should clarify that “we” was me, Joshua & Sarah; David & Megan seem to be able to sleep in much longer than the rest of us. For Megan it’s the teenager excuse, for David it’s trying to sleep with me in a queen bed and all my pillows! HA. I think once I get out of the bed, he can *finally* stretch out, have some space and sleep! We are looking forward to “our” king bed in Havasu! It’s hard to focus on school with that sunshine streaming in the windows, the quails making their morning call and beckoning us outdoors... but we pressed through and got {most of it} completed. David went for a bit of a bike ride after helping the kids with their math and we finished up while he was gone. David went to pick up the trailer while the kids splashed for a couple hours in the pool and we enjoyed some sunshine. Once back, David whipped up a delicious iced coffee/mocha for everyone, packed up our lunch and water and we were off to the desert! An afternoon FULL of quadding in the sandy trails, temperatures in the low 30s, sunshine beating down on us - a perfect day! We applied and reapplied sunscreen, but still all came home a little pink and a lot dusty! It was around 6:30 by the time we got home and we fired up the grill for an evening BBQ and some America’s Funniest Home Videos! Everyone savored their burgers, put their feet up and enjoyed some down time. It was a full day and we were all ready for sleep. Actually David is snoring on the couch as I write this post ☺. Typically we walk down to the pool to get online (there’s a hot spot there and no wireless internet in the house), gather our email, and post our blog for the day. I think a nice bath and a cool bed is going to win out tonight. We hear that Fort Mac is getting 20-30cm of snow this weekend and it’s already falling -- sure makes being here all the sweeter! ☺

Hope you all have a fantastic weekend! Tomorrow is our last full day here and we pull out Sunday morning to continue on our journey.

Morning pool time ☺

Megan is a good sport and lets Sarah dunk her, climb all over her and gives her rides through the deep end too :)

ahhh... soaking up the sun.

A nice decision to be faced with.

There's a belly photo for you Julie! :)

Joshua loving the jumps!

Josh & Megan at the pit stop :)

That, was a good ride!

Sarah taking Megan out for a little spin.