Parkinson Family: Downata Hot Springs

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Downata Hot Springs

Jared and daddy warming up by the campfire after a chilly night.

For our first camping trip this summer, we decided to make it a little easier and not take the tent trailer. On June 3rd, we discovered a wonderful little place called "Downata Hot Springs" up in Downey, Idaho. We got to stay in a tee-pee for one night! That was a blast! The kids were especially excited about sleeping in a teepee.

Our teepee was a little different than this one because it had a door on it.

All the teepees have electricity too, which was nice.

Erika and Kyle had a fun time pretending to be indians and climbing in the trees. I love their imaginations!

"Me running bear, You little chief. Me go hunt wild buffalo."

We were really impressed by the nice pool. The water is really warm because of the hot springs.

We went swimming Friday night and again Saturday.

Erika and Kyle couldn't get enough of the waterslides. They have two waterslides there, only one of which they were big enough (or brave enough) to go on- the dragon slide. I mustered some courage and managed to go on the "black hole" slide twice- yeah for me!! (It goes straight down and then underground). Notice in the pictures how Erika is plugging her nose and preparing for the plunge while Kyle just sits there grinning :)

Wow- the sun sure did come out today! Jared loved the water because it felt just like the bathtub and he LOVES the bath!

Another fun thing was the little splash park they had there. All the kids had fun playing in it. I spent a lot of time with Heidi and Jared splashing in it. (Sad we didn't get a picture) Heidi called it "the showers".

It was a great weekend- and a winner destination. We'll be sure go to there again!

5 comments:

VickiJune 16, 2011 at 6:13 PM
Oh, I remember Downata Hot Springs... We used to stop there when Dad was driving the travel bus with High School Students. Looks like they have made lots of great changes. I LOVE the teepee camping idea.... Did you mention a potty in the teepee too?? I didn't think so! What fun.
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Elder and Sister MichelJuly 1, 2011 at 8:24 AM
You are a great example of how to work, do your church job, spend quality time with you wife and still have quality time with your family. We are so proud of you all.

love oma and opa
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MamaMimiJuly 4, 2011 at 3:09 PM
Fun!!
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Elder and Sister MichelJuly 5, 2011 at 5:54 AM
We hope you had another great adventure on the 4th of july holiday, we went to a nice dinner yesterday on the 4th. How luck you and we are to be able to enjoy this great holiday and have the freedoms that we enjoy...God Bless AMERICA
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down at a hot springsMarch 20, 2012 at 4:40 PM
I manage Downata Hot Springs and love your pictures and posts. We hope you come back soon. You have a cute family and they look like they were having fun.
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Parkinson funnies

Nov 2012- Aaron was watching football on TV and Jared came out saying, "I want to go watch grass!"

Dec 2011- Heidi said one morning, "Mom, there's frosting on the house!" (on a cold day when frost was on the house).

June 2, 2011- Driving in the car Kyle said to his sister, "If you don't learn to talk, Jesus will make you talk Spanish." (He explained later that he actually meant sign language. That's how he thought it worked.)

Feb 28, 2011- Kyle said, "I don't like to have babysitters because they are only supposed to take care of babies!" Then we explained that they can take care of bigger kids too.

Dec 15, 2010- Kyle said, "I know how they make egg nog. First they dump in the eggs and mix them around. Then they put in the nog..."

Oct 20, 2010- Kyle said, "Mom, is some cheese blue?" I said it is called blue cheese but isn't really that blue. He said, "Well, then does it taste like blueberries?" I love all the questions he asks about how the world works- He's really trying to figure things out.

Oct 7, 2010- We were driving by Arctic Circle and Kyle said, "Is that the hamburger hut? I like that hut." I am wondering if he was remembering a time when we went to "Pizza Hut".

Aug 12, 2010- We were driving by a farm where there was a big fire burning up the field and Kyle said, "Dad, is that where the indians live?"

Aug 8, 2010- We were driving in the car and Kyle said, "Dad, I think I 'm truck-sick." "You mean car sick?" "No, truck sick- when you're sick in the truck."

Aug 2, 2010- We were headed off to a doctor's appointment for the baby and he was crying. Kyle said, "Mom, I think he's crying because you said he is going to get a shot."

June 28, 2010- The other day at dinner it was Heidi's turn to pray and daddy was helping her. She was just repeating everything word for word when he got to "Please bless it.." and said it 3 times. Finally I had to open my eyes to see what the hold up was. Well, little Heidi was just stuffing spaghetti in her mouth as fast as she could and it was hanging out all over. We all just bust up laughing. I guess she just couldn't wait any longer!

May 19, 2010- On the way home from the hospital after seeing their new baby brother, Erika said, "When I was born mom and dad said that I looked blue." Kyle said, "And when I was born I was pink and red. "

Dec 9,2009- The other day we were eating dinner and Kyle didn't want to eat. He said, "I don't like to eat aliens!" We told him there were no aliens in his dinner. Then, realizing what he was talking about, I said, "You mean onions?" He kept calling onions "aliens" and we got a kick out of it.

Nov 20, 2009- Erika lost another tooth at school today. Kyle said to her, "Erika, when my tooth gets loose and comes out, I'll give mine to you."

Oct 10, 2009- Today Erika said, "Mom, someday when I'm older, I want to get that recipe from you!"

Sept 9, 2009- We couldn't find our puppy anywhere and had driven all over the neighborhood to find him. Finally about 2 hours later Kyle showed up holding him and I said, "Where did you find him?" He said, "In the killer-box". "The what?" "The cooler-box". He had stuck him in a cooler in our backyard and forgotten about it. We were glad he was okay!! I felt terrible and gave him some extra TLC for a little while.

Sept 4, 2009- Erika said tonight, "You know what my favorite thing is about school? It's lunch... and learning... and break!" We said, "Isn't that the whole thing?"

Aug 17,2009- We were camping and had brought all our bikes. As we were leaving camp for a little while, Aaron commented that it might have been wise to bring a chain to lock up our bikes so they wouldn't get stolen. Erika said, "Or, we could have just brought a sign that said, 'DON'T STEAL!'".

July 12, 2009- Today at church Kyle looked at my Young Women's Medallion and said, "Mom, is that you on the necklace?"

July 3, 2009- Kyle had been sleeping down in Erika's room with some friends and came upstairs before we went to bed. He said, "Mom, there was some noise down there. I think it was the tooth fairy, coming to get the loose tooth."