Trip to fossil springs and visit with my mom and sister

This is the first main pool.  Just 100 yards upstream there is only a dry, dusty, waterless stream bed.  Then suddenly all of this water comes gushing up out of the ground and you go from desert to oasis.  The water is a nice 74 deg. year-'round so you can even swim in the winter!  In the near end of the pool you can see a bunch of native fish swimming around.

This cave is very cool.  It is about 30 feet across and 30 feet  back.  The stream  runs into it  and is 8-10 feet deep.  That under-water log is nearly 2 feet in diameter to give you a perspective of the size.  The sun doesn't shine in since the overhang is fairly low, but the clear water conducts the light back inside so that it is lit with a beautiful turquiose light inside.

This is Jileigh in front of an 8-foot tall manzanita.  We call them bushes at home but this is more of a tree. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0wpxqeZIjQ  This is Talon Jumping down into what is called the Toilet Bowl at Fossil Springs.  There is a tunnel deep under water that you have to swim through to escape the violent whirlpool and enter the main pool.  A little scary but very cool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76sM-xbP4ko&feature=plcp This link is Matt's turn into the Toilet Bowl.

This was the 2nd day. The kids played with the marble game.

Matt had the opportunity to go to a training for work on woodworking near where my mom lives. So we got to take a paid vacation to see my family. We went a day early so Matt could take our older kids down to fossil springs. I spent the day with my Mom helping her on her computer putting pictures in a document. The next two days Matt went to the training and I spent the days with the kids letting them swim and play with their cousins. The 3rd evening we were there, Matt was able to replace a couple of outlets and fans switches in my mom's house. We all had a great time!