I FOUND AN INEXPENSIVE HOTEL TO STAY IN,SO WE WERE OFF. IT WAS AN ADVENTURE!!! WHEN WE CHECKED IN TO OUR QUAINT HOTEL, I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE. IT WAS SOOOOO OLD AND DIRTY. AS TYDON PUT IT, "THIS AIN'T NO LITTLE AMERICA GRANDMA"! WE SLEPT THREE IN A BED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO WAY THE KIDS COULD SLEEP ON THE FLOOR. I WAS ALOT NERVOUS ABOUT THE PEOPLE AROUND US. THE KIDS ACTUALLY BEGGED US TO LEAVE. I LAUGHED SO HARD AND TOLD THEM IT WAS GOOD FOR THEM. ( i wanted to go home too) WE WENT TO THE BIG OUTDOOR POOL FOR THE DAY AND THEN WE WENT TO THE HOT POOLS THAT NIGHT. (we were't going to our room) WE ALL SHOWERED AND GOT READY FOR BED AT THE HOT POOLS, BECAUSE WE WERE NOT BATHING IN OUR TUB AT THE HOTEL.
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| LAVA HOT SPRINGS I HAVE SO MANY GREAT MEMORIES OF LAVA. I USED TO STAY WITH MY UNCLE MELVIN AND AUNT DONNA DURING THE SUMMERS. I LEARNED TO SWIM THERE, WE (my cousins-vicky,bill & ricky) FLOATED THE RIVER,AND WE WALKED ALL OVER THAT TOWN. ICE CREAM WAS A QUARTER AND PENNY CANDY WAS A PENNY. I LOVED TO WALK TO THE DRUG STORE FOR TREATS. I ALSO LEARNED TO DRIVE ON THE BACK ROADS ON MY AUNT DONNA'S LAP. I SHOWED EMILY AND THE KIDS WHERE THEY LIVED AND WHERE GRANDMA GREW UP, AND THE BIG SLEDDING HILL!  |
THIS PICTURE OF MOM, MELVIN AND DONNA WAS TAKEN ON MOMS 83RD BIRTHDAY.
EMILY AND I WENT DOWN A FEW TIMES TOO!
SHE POPPED RIGHT OUT!
TYDON AND TAYLEE GOING DOWN THE LARGEST SLIDE!
DIVING BOARD. HE FINALLY GOT BRAVE ENOUGH TO JUMP!
WHERE'S KAMDON????
HE WAS WITH US!
NO PICS OF HIM???
TYDON WAS DOING FLIPS
AND HE JUMPED OFF THE HIGH TOWER!
WE FOUND KAMDON!!! HE WAS JUST SWIMMING SO FAST I COULDN'T CATCH HIM ON FILM IN THE BIG POOL! WE HEADED OVER TO THE HOT POOLS AND CHECKED OUT THE HOLE IN THE HILL WHERE THE WATER COMES FROM.
