Climber's Rush

Not surprisingly, Alex really wanted to go rock climbing once he knew that was an option. He got to do two climbs. For the first they put him on a medium hard wall, which took him three minutes to scale. So, for the second climb, they put him on the highest tower. Several people on the beach across from the climbing center and on the lazy river below were watching him, and he got a big round of applause when he made it to the top. He had a great time and would have loved to have climbed all day.

The First Climb

The Big Climb

The only picture of him ringing the bell at the top is blurry. Oops!

Junior Ultimate Trainer for a Day

Alex spent part of one day in the Junior Ultimate Trainer program. He got to see all sorts of marine animals, learn about how they are cared for and fed, and even had a behind the scenes tour of the facility. He had a lot of fun and made some new friends.

Family Vacation!

For the second half of Alex's Spring Break, we had our first big family vacation with just the three of us. We went to the super-mega-crazy-water park Atlantis in the Bahamas. The days were non-stop, and Dave and I are exhausted, but we had a fantastic time despite a bit too much sun and some river rapids wipe outs.

We were largely unplugged, so didn't get a ton of pictures, but I brought the digital camera out a few days. In addition, Alex spent part of one day as a Junior Ultimate Trainer for a Day, and they took pictures of the experience for us. I'll get to those in another post, but here are some pictures to get started.

This was Alex's first opportunity to be in the ocean. I was very happy to finally have the chance to introduce him to the Atlantic. He kept finding large rocks in the water and would bring these "ocean rocks" up to our towels. He was a bit disappointed when I explained that they would not be coming back with us.