Family Vacation

Last week we went on our first ever, "just the 5 of us", family vacation. We didn't want to go too far away, so we headed a couple hours south, and into the mountains just a bit, to a cooler part of the island. We had a nice couple of days, despite the nearly constant rain, courtesy of a hotel with a pool!!!

First stop, Museum of Entomology.....butterflies, bugs, and more!

Elle next to some ishy bugs!

A Taiwan beetle (well, one of many of them)

Next stop, Sun Moon Lake. We were there in Dec and it rained, too. Oh well! We took a shuttle boat to the different tourist stops around the lake.

We had to purchase cheap slickers for the kids. Much easier than umbrellas, and it left their hands free so they could use the binoculars they bought with their very own money!

The perfect use for a slicker....a GIANT bib for the ice cream cone they got before heading back to our hotel!

We almost made it to the top of HeHuan Mountain before the kids woke up. All they wanted to do was go back and swim. So....

.....we happily obliged...

...and they spent the next couple of hours in the pool!

Then it was back to our comfy room for dinner, showers, and bedtime!

Last stop was to visit friends who took us to a park with fun rocks to climb on!

...and make Mom nervous!