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8 p.m.- We arrived at the Bell Rock Inn & Resort. Location was great & clean but I would not recommend.  Straight to bed the kids went.
Next morning Helena assisted bro with his treatment. "i massaged the med-sin so you can brief better" 

We feasted at Red Rock Cafe. Breakfast tacos. Blue corn tortilla, eggs w/ (housemade) chorizo, jack, avo, green onion and roasted (housemade) salsa! Very tasty and inexpensive we made plans for the next morning.
And here's what we saw and did:

We drove thru beautiful Oak Creek Canyon on our way to Slide Rock.

Slide Rock is actually a state park. We got our hiking gear (snacks, h20, diapers & inhalers) and off exploring.

And silly me thought that 70* was not ideal for swimming...I will say that it all began with Helena accidentally landing on her rump in a shallow pool with a "oh my gracious, HELP!" Max howled at her misfortune, slipped, slid and ended supine. Once they were back on their feet we removed their wet shorts. Of course, they found it all so funny and twice more did the sorta, almost, halfway and then slip & splash! All along, these two older ladies sitting on the rocks above us, kept alternating between giggle and shriek. Helena not so quietly informed us "I want to take off my diaper" and.......

On our way to the car Helena said " I feel much better when I'm naked and just look at All the miracles of Jesus" pointing to the amazing sights we beheld.

And that's my fave side of Bell Rock. It was 5 p.m. when we got to our hotel, washed up and napped. Or maybe watched some of the presidential debate. Three and a half hours later we were on our way to dinner. The only places open were the gas station, a pub, a cafe recommended by the hotel with awful yelp reviews and subway. We definitely weren't in the happening part of town and were the only car on the road. All of a sudden...... there were 10 javelinas sauntering across the road towards the creek!! We just stopped and stared. We could hear more snorting and grunting from where they crossed. And saw a bunch of mama and young ones. Like any responsible parents, we pulled into the parking lot adjacent the bushes, with no attempt to truly park, ran out with flashlights and an iPhone! The Great plan was for Papi to shoo'em towards the creek and I would capture it all on the iPhone. It might of worked, had I not heard, in the midst of this crazy scheme a little voice "mama, where are you guys?"-Helena. oh, We left the kids with the engine running and doors wide open to chase some wild pigs WITH LONG SHARP TEETH!! AHhhh. Even though we assured them we were safe and didn't have plans to abandon them EVER, Max & Helena were NOT impressed!
"the law says parents should NEVER leave their children"-Max

And now back to the task of finding dinner. Downtown was dead. The Hilton Resort was the only place with life and they had a real trendy bar & grill. We felt it wouldn't be wise or nice to kill people's buzz like that. Papi went in to ask for suggestions. And someone's friend worked at the Red Planet Cafe and they were open until 11 p.m. And so there we went. Who knew there is gf liver & onions!!

And our question as to why everything closes at dark was finally answered. We were told it was Something to do with javalinas looking for food & drink at night as well as their predators. Oh you know; wolves, mountain lions and bears.
Sweet dreams, alright.