Red River Days 1 and 2

Last week we packed up and headed to Red River, NM for a fun family vacation. Jess, Chris and Crockett went with us, too! Jess and I had the menu all planned, did all the grocery shopping the night before, and were ready for our trip. We left for NM on Monday morning. A quick lunch and a few stops later, we arrived in rainy, chilly Red River. We enjoyed the rain and the cool weather, as we obviously haven't seen weather like this in quite some time.

Our humble abode was a cute little 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom cabin at the 3 Bears Lodge. Great Place. Highly recommended by us, except next time we might splurge for the larger cabin, it got a little tight at times. The people who owned the place were wonderful and would do anything for anyone to make their stay more comfortable. After we unpacked we walked down to the river (about 30 yards away...so convenient!) where the fun started. First, Braidy took a tumble and scraped up his knee and leg, but he was tough and we were ok! Then John was standing in the river and fell in, and got carried a little ways by the current, scaring him to death. Not to mention the water was ICY cold! Poor guy, didn't like that much. We headed back to the cabin to change clothes only to find out our door didn't stay unlocked when we left, and we had locked ourselves out! The lady was so nice to help us back in. What a start! Good news, no more incidents...at least for a while!

Jess and I cooked a yummy spaghetti dinner and we all ate together. The best thing about 3 Bears is that EVERY night around 8 or so, they would fire up the fire pit and serve SMORES!!! They were so yummy and we all had alot of fun doing this every night. I think Braidy ate about 10 marshmallows every night. John became a pro at roasting the marshmallows, and Crockett just liked watching everything going on. After our first night of S'mores we walked around RedRiver for a while seeing what all was going on.




Tuesday we woke up bright and early ready to roll! Fishing was first on the agenda. THe boys all had their own little fishing poles so we headed to the pond to start. We quickly found out that none of the boys had the patience for fishing. John enjoyed it the most, the mommies probably the least because we had to chase the little ones around making sure they didn't jump into the lake! We didn't catch anything that first day, but it was still a fun time.




After naptime we played at the playground for a while, which everyone loved.



We then found a little trail where we went on a hike along the river.

Then we walked down to the river again by our cabin, this time in swimsuits, and threw rocks into the river. Who knew all we needed for entertainment was a river and endless amounts of rocks! The weather was GORGEOUS this day, maybe 78 degrees during the day and 50 at night....perfect mountain weather!




We grilled burgers and hotdogs for dinner and of course, had s'mores for dessert! After a shower and some playing, we were ALL exhausted and ready for some SLEEP!