String Lake Paddle Boards

 Jackson Hole Day 2- String Lake Boating

 This year we headed up to String Lake for a day of fun on the lake. Troy rented us paddle boards and we had a raft to float around on. The kids had a blast trying out their balance on the paddle boards and enjoying the nice warm day. The water was a little chilly but you hardly notice as you fall in after loosing balance on the paddle boards. Refreshing! The twins are Jake and Marie's newest set of twins (Greg and Will)....they roll in multiples.

 Superman Jonathan came up with this awesome idea. It worked....nice superman sunburn lines after our fun day.

 Chortney, Mom and I all brought our paint supplies and did a little plein air painting. It is fun to get out and paint away. Luke my little nephew took a turn painting with my paints. He did a few nice rocks as well. It is fun to have little budding artists. He was very cooperative once we figured out I was going to help him dip into the paints with my paintbrush.

 Paddle boarding with the cousins. We had three boards and it seemed like just enough to give everyone a few turns out on the water. Sometimes you had to paddle around extra cargo...poor Chandler had both my boys attached.

 Troy was trying to help Marie figure out the whole paddle board thing. She was doing great until she got a little help from behind. A friendly shove from Baden send her overboard. Oh the joys of having so many cousins around. She gave him a good dunking afterward. They are still both friends.

 Ali was so proud of her bare handed fish catch. She was going after minnows and doing a spectacular job of hand catching those and then she came up with this big guy and was very pleased with herself. We passed him all around so everyone got a turn holding the slimy little guy. Ali tried hard to keep a little pool of water in her hands so he wouldn't dry out. Luckily he lived through this harrowing experience of being caught by a 6 year old with 18 cousins wanting to hold him.

 Not to be outdone by Ali, Rachael caught herself a cute little frog. The frog got lots of attention as well. Luckily for him he can breathe air. A little boy not with our group convinced his parents that taking the frog home would be a great idea. Poor froggy....don't they know it's illegal to remove anything from a national park?

My kids and I took a little hike around part of Jenny's Lake after our String Lake adventure was through. We enjoyed the scenery and did a little bird watching. Another fun day with the cousins in Jackson Hole.