After Cora's nap, we headed back to the caverns to do the 1.5 hour, 1.2 mile tour. James was just a little excited about it (this was in the elevator, heading 240 ft underground):
Our best attempt at a family photo down under:
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| (I relocated Cora to my back for this tour, since I knew there'd be a lot more walking and stairs, and I'd had a hard time seeing past her on my tummy on the Dripstone tour. She only complained for the first 2 minutes, then proceeded to talk my ear off again. She is SO her mama's daughter! And she kept swinging herself as far to one side or the other as she could so she could see my face, then she'd say oh-so-sweetly "Hi!" and try to kiss my cheek. The other members of our group were highly entertained by her and her constant commentary. You know how lots of cave tours do a "lights out" portion where they put you into complete darkness to demonstrate what caving is like without the choreographed light show? Well, Cora very loudly yelled "Lights off!" while everyone was trying to absorb the peace and heaviness of the place. She wasn't scared, of course, just making sure we knew what was going on...) |
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| Me and my little man (and Cora's arm...) |
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| This was a HUGE section of flow stone - really incredible! |
After the tour we headed into town for dinner, but James fell asleep mid-book...
He was super grumpy during dinner (two days in a row of missing naps + lots of extra excitement and exercise = one tired punkerdoodles), but perked up for ice cream and trying his luck at "the claw" (a toy machine like they have in Toy Story).
When we got back to camp, Cora took another potty break, then we went for a short bike ride (Cora only made it halfway around the campground loop, but we were just happy to see her trying out her bike again finally!), and back into the water to cool off before bed. Our overtired boy was grumpy once again at bedtime, but as soon as we all fell asleep, we slept well all night long. Well, except for the moment when Cora woke up and ran to the tent door, trying to open it to go look for us, scaring us awake. Luckily she passed right back out as soon as I cradled her in my arms. We sure got lots of cuddling in this weekend!
P.S. Cora did wonderful as far as using the potty too. Not a single accident, even overnight and on the cave tours, and she was in undies the entire trip. Yay Cora!
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