Our first Vacation-Arenal Volcano

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What a wonderful break we have had so far. This last Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday we went and saw our first volcano. Arenal is one of the most active right now in the world. There was one night we were able to try and go see some of the lava, but it was raining and a little cloudy so our view was minimal. But a friend of ours was able to get a couple of pics. We were also not able to stay long because it was thundering and lightening. But we made it back to the hotel safely.

Aaron and I were also able to go on a date while we were gone. It was the most interesting and fun date we have been on. We went horseback riding! I have never ridden a horse before so the next two days my back and bottom were very upset with me. During this horseride, I learned two very important things that you should never do while riding a horse. One is never ride a horse with a full bladder. We were finally able to stop and take a break at an observatory with no bathroom, so behind a tree I went(the horse went while we were riding, and I almost did!). The other thing I learned is don't follow the horse in front of you too close, because when the horse in front of you has gas you see and smell everything. My horse had gas first and I thought it was so funny because Aaron was behind me. Then the horse in front of me decided to have some too. Oh well it made our trail ride comical.

There were a few different pools at this hotel. One pool and slide was a regular pool with cool water. The other pool and slide was a hot springs pool heated naturally to 90-100 degrees. It felt like bathwater. Mylee went down the slide once. She didn't care for the slides very much. Evie, on the other hand, went down the hot slide probably around 20 times and twice by herself, with me catching her. She would come down with a look of terror on her face and immediately say again and crawl out of the pool. Guess who is going to be our adventurer! We had an amazing time there as a family and with other IMBers. Click on the link above to see some pics of our trip and the volcano as well. Below is a video of the girls helping us sing one of our favorite spanish songs. I regret you can't hear the girls very well, but you can watch them do the actions. Before you start the video you will need to go down to the red music box and push pause (parallel double lines) so you can hear the sound. Have a great week.