Perge

Our last stop before heading home was in Perge, an ancient city dated back to the Bronze Ages, the kids enjoyed climbing and Jack loved throwing rocks, it was a nice Chance to see history and stretch our legs! Jessie

Tree House

On the way home we stopped at a town near Olympos and stayed in a tree house! That night Bryan and the girls (Jack was sound asleep) went with a few friends on a night hike and saw flames coming out of the mountain!

Blue Cruise

We just returned from a Blue Cruise and this is the boat we stayed on for 4 days with another family. We departed from Fethiye and headed down the Mediterranean stopping at butterfly valley, a lagoon, Kalkan, Kas for a night and the sunken city and castle tour and stopped in Demre. The kids were outstanding and we swam every chance we could. The view was breathtaking the entire time and we enjoyed breaking in Cas for a night and walking around and playing at a park to head back to the boat! Our crew was amazing and our meals were delicious, it was a blast! There is a picture of Maddie under an olive tree, pretty cool...the friend with us ate one and later I read they were poisonous before they are pickled, he seems okay!?? The picture of the water is from a theatre in Cas we walked to...Jack and Ella are in front of the castle we climbed to later the next day.

The kids were great with the swimming, the water was a bit cold and we had to climb down a ladder to get to water, not sure if you can tell it is pretty far down from the swimming picture of Bryan and the girls. One day Bryan asked Jack to jump to him when he was in the water and can you believe it, Jack jumped right in and Bryan said he looked surprised because it was pretty far down and then his face hit the water and he got wet and cried for a few minutes, we still cant believe he just jumped in like that, crazy! Maddie saw that Jack just jumped in and she too jumped from the top of the ladder, we couldn't believe her bravery and want her to know how courageous that was, awesome Mad Dog!!! Unfortunately, her face hit the water hard and her nose started to bleed...later she tells me it was the worst thing that has ever happened to her....again, we cant believe how amazingly brave she was for even jumping in the first place! Please keep us posted on everything in your neck of the woods, we miss you all!

Jessie and family