Lava Hot Springs

 After having a conversation with my sister Michelle I could tell it was time for her to have a vacation.  We didn't have many options at this point in the summer so on a whim we booked ourselves a campsite at Lava Hot Springs.  Lava Hot Springs was a vacay would we take in the summer from time to time when she and I were kids.  She would jump off the infamous 33 foot platform and every year I would watch her do so from below.  I feel I have a big appetite for adventure but when it involves heights I seem to become a little chicken.  We were both anxious to see how our kids would respond to the challenge and boy were we surprised!  Lava has 3 platforms, I believe they are around 10, 20, and 30 feet.  When we arrived there, the boys jumped immediately off the first, made their way to the second and without any hesitation threw themselves off the 3rd.  They are officially nuts!!!  My Dad having to be the cool Grandpa decided he needed to as well.  He received a swimming ovation from the crowd as he was probably the oldest dude to jump that day.  My sister Michelle quickly followed suit and as a result they both ended up breaking their tailbones.  Yay for them, I however, the biggest chicken walked away without even a sunburn!  Sometimes it pays to be a chicken.  Madi managed the second and Sav stuck by her mom with making it off the first platform.  There is no shame in a 10 feet drop.  It was a short two day camping trip but we all had a blast and the kids bonded around the campfire.  A childhood memory we are glad we made.