{"id":7050,"date":"2025-12-06T21:25:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T21:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/?p=7050"},"modified":"2025-12-06T21:25:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T21:25:28","slug":"family-vacation-day-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/?p=7050","title":{"rendered":"Family Vacation Day Five"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

06\/16\/25<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family Vacation Day Five (Monday). Today we went for a hike in the Lost Maples State Natural Area in Vanderpool, Texas. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Family trailhead pic. We are ready to go!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sister twinseys:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We were excited to have some nice climbing boulders along the trail!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dancin’ to her music and having a good time<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Luna prefers us to all stay together. The look is “Let’s go mom!!”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rachel spotted a Texas brown tarantula on the trail!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We made it to the famous Monkey Rock!! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Of course Lizzy wanted to climb up Monkey Rock and Dad joined her<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was a more difficult climb than it looked because the rock was slippery:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Coming down is always harder!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We liked Monkey Rock!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Luna is having a great time too:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We got back on the main trail<\/strong> and found some more places to climb:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just like old times, climbing trees on our hikes<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lizzy was exploring the Sabinal River and found a crayfish<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lizzy got brave and held it too:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We got to the “steep and rugged” portion of the trail!:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is fun!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Halfway to the top!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lizzy ends up regretting picking up that cactus. She eventually got all the needles out of her fingers. . . lesson learned<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We made it to the top! The Happy Family<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Best of friend sisters enjoying the view and a little rest after the climb<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A beautiful view on a beautiful day!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We found a trail cam and we hammed it up for the camera<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A steep decline!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We made it to the water:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lizzy jumped in<\/strong> for a swim!:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We were surprised there were picnic tables way out here! Dad relaxed:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lizzy swam across and under the ledge. She’s brave!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We took a nice long break here:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We got Mom’s phone for some whacky .5 pics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We even got one of Mom:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beauty all around!:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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This water crossing was not as easy as it looked!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I took an adjacent trail and looked over to see this! Lizzy is definitely having a good time!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another water crossing. Successful!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We had a wonderful action-packed adventure! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Luna Dog did awesome too!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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06\/16\/25 Family Vacation Day Five (Monday). Today we went for a hike in the Lost Maples State Natural Area in Vanderpool, Texas. Family trailhead pic. We are ready to go! Sister twinseys: We were excited to have some nice climbing boulders along the trail! Dancin’ to her music and having a good time: Luna prefers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7050"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7108,"href":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7050\/revisions\/7108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myjoy.sullybeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}