We Didn’t Want to Leave…

Guys, where are we headed? To the boat. To the boat? Yes! Yeah, where are we going? To the boat! To the boat, he's got his turtley. You guys got your stuff from the Great Barrier Reef? Yeah! Let's see, what do you got in your bag, Liam? Everything! This is... Penny, a turtle chest. Ooh, for shells. And turtle. Nice. Where'd you get that turtle? From the sea. From the sea? From Lady Elliot Island. Jack, what do you got in there? A turtle leaf. That's it? That's it. Should we put your animals from the zoo that you got? Yeah. Keep them safe. What did he get from the zoo? Remember your dad? Ooh, you got your special little bags. Okay, we are headed to the boat rental. Gonna just go explore. So we rentaled a boat. Yeah, and you better call me Captain Carson. Captain Leo. And Carson. Okay, there we go. I like that. And Jet. And Mama. Mama's the passenger princess. I'm not mad at that. Ready? This trophy's gonna be in here. Okay, we'll see you on the boat. We made it. We're on the boat. Ooh! Amazing. What an adventure. It's incredible. Jet, what are you doing? Cheese. Did you get it? What should we do first, boys? Should we fish? Fish! Or should we explore? Fish! You wanna fish? Yeah! Say, I'm gonna fish. You get said by the mangroves. Hey, let's get the fishing poles out. Okay, winners, take us over. I am. Leo, can you grab that other pole for me, bud? Yeah. Okay, take us over, Mama. Okay, so we've been fishing for 30 minutes. No lunch. The fish are not hungry this morning. Should we go find a beach? Yeah. Let the fishing be? Yeah. Let's go! Okay, let's go find a beach. And Leo can drive and then Jet can drive, okay? Okay, let's go. I am chillin'. I'm not a big fisher, but really cute to see the boys get involved and have fun. Good bonding experience for them, I guess. Now we're gonna go find a beach. That was Daddy's fun, now we go Mommy's fun. Daddy's fun. Did you have fun? Now we go Leo's fun! Leo's fun, we're just driving the boat. Leo's fun. And Jet's fun. I need that hand sanitizer because I got squid guts all over me. This is what 10 years of marriage looks like. It's organic, babe. You do some of the things that he likes and then some of the things that you like. And that's the trick. We finally get to do the hike that Mama has been wanting. Woo! There she gets her exercise. These boys did a good ride. Hey, what's up? What's up? Beautiful day. Let's see it, babe. Woo! Dig deep. I can steer way easier with a double stroller. Oh, still. Still salty about the wagon purchase I made. Yep. More than a double stroller. The first time we came here, it was packed. We couldn't even find a parking spot. Today pulled up, first guy pulls out, we took the spot. Thank goodness. I would have never heard the end of it from Whitney if we didn't get to do her one hike. No surprise, I'm not a big hiker, as I'm sure she's mentioned many times. So this is going back to, I get a little activities, she gets to pick a few activities, and this is hers. We believe this is the Coast Hike to the Ferry Pools is what we were told, depending on what the tide is doing. I don't know what we'll see of the Ferry Pools, but stay tuned. Was Mommy giving you a smooth ride or a bumpy ride? Smooth or bumpy? A bumpy ride. Holy crap, look at her go. We're almost to Hell's Gate, Jet. And what are we saying? Arr. Arr, we're headed to Hell's Gate. Yeah. This is the craziest hike we've done. Doing a big boy hike. Nice to meet you. Wait, what? Okay, so this is kind of funny, like all the way across the country. That's amazing. Nice to meet you. Congratulations with your win. Thank you. Thank you so much. You got it, buddy. Good job. Okay, Leo, hold on to the edge. Whoa, look at these pools. You guys, let me get there. Whoa. Cool. There's Mama and Leo. We made it, guys. We just swam and jumped in the fairy pools, Jet. Let's see you, Leo. How was it, dude? Good. Did you love jumping in there? Yeah. Mommy jumped, too. I did. I thought you were gonna go from the big jump, but you still jumped in. That was so cool. What are we doing? Macalester's chant. What's a Macalester chant? Oh, what's it called, Macalester? What, hands in? Hands in, hands in. One, two, three. Macalester's rule. Okay, you ready for the big hike back down? I'm ready. Leo, you guys ready? What do we think, Jet? Is this crazy? Whoa, nice backflip. How was that? That was sick. Leo, you can do it. You ready, Jet? I'm ready. We're ready. Go. Did you just do that? I did. You did it. Dude, that was sick.