Day Fifty-Three

Actual Date: Monday, May 17, 2010

We went for a hike at the Devil's Punch Bowl. Just the girls, Brian, Chester and I. The girls loved it more than I thought they would. Ava made me nervous because she has no fear. I had a death grip on her hand the whole time. Brooke is a little more cautious like her Mama.

This was a rattle snake. Ava was standing there talking baby talk to it like it was a cute cuddly Koala Bear or something. It was like it was responding to her because it uncurled itself and stood up against the glass and stared at her. Creeped the heck outta me! We also met an owl named Squints. Apparently he had fallen out of his nest when he was a baby and now he lives in an exhibit there. On our way out, there was a fire truck in the parking lot. Ava was beyond excited. On the way in we had seen two school buses parked by our car and those are her favorite (after trains of course). Her third favorite is fire trucks. She was more excited about the buses and fire truck than anything else we saw that day.