Pagosa Hot Springs

We’re back from our first vacation as a family, Pagosa Hot Springs. This has always been one of our favorite vacations, we’ve gone several times. It’s within our tolerance for road trips, it’s affordable, relaxing, Dave can ski and I can read and get massages, the restaurants are good… Pretty ideal actually. But we found that bringing three extra people created some challenges!

On the down side: Logan spit up before we even got in the car. Then Ada spit up when she bonked her head in the hotel room. Ironically, our rented floor didn’t incur the damage, I was holding her so I got it from neck to toe. I did laundry the first night we were there. We had a hard time juggling babies so that everyone got enough soaking and skiing time, and Dave and I didn’t have time for a date.

On the up side: Logan and Ada got to soak in the tubs with us twice, and they really seemed to like it. Logan was great at pumping his legs and splashing with his palms! Ada was good at showing off her second tooth (click on photo to enlarge). We all got to soak until we’d had enough, and Dave skied two half days. We got to spend time with friends, and learned that we need to plan an agenda before we take a trip. Our travel went pretty smoothly; I have to say that the drive home might have been the highlight for me! We played peek-a-boo for belly laughs, picked up some tasty snacks, had a smooth lunch stop at Taco Bell, and I got to read a great book (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) for four hours or so. I was in hog heaven.