He liked the room, but was NOT a fan of the elevator; it was very scary for him. Since we were on the 19th floor, the stairs were really not an option. Nathan was very clingy and anxious in the elevator and fairly clingy in the rest of the hotel, but fine in the room and fine outside. He enjoyed looking at the Truckee River, and playing in the shallow water at the edge of Pyramid Lake and Lake Tahoe.
He's pretty anxious about going into deeper water, even if he's being held. Of course, this makes for fewer safety concerns, but sometimes it's hard as a parent to want your child to do a little more, be a bit more adventurous, and to find that he's simply content to splash in 3 inches of water.
We found this cool fountain in Sparks:
I was happy to see a bigger kid with Down Syndrome arrive to play; I always enjoy seeing other kids with special needs out in the community, and especially other Down Syndrome faces. I was less happy to see this boy pushing other kids and failing to listen to his mom at all. It was also one of those strange times where the mom did not seem at all interested in talking to me, didn't seem excited to see another child with DS, didn't seem to want to catch my eye. Oh, well. Perhaps this family was not having the best day...
We did some hiking. Nathan doesn't do a lot of hiking on his own, just a little, but he really enjoys riding on dad's shoulders.
And apparently he's so comfy he can sleep up there:
After we returned home, we went camping with DS friends. Unfortunately, Nathan developed some kind of virus that led to coughing and wheezing, so we cut that portion of the trip short. Good decision; by the time we got home he had fever too. Luckily, it seems to be a short-lived illness and he's already doing much better. Bummed to have to cut the camping trip short. We did get some pics, though:
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