Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Southern Utah Trip

We spent Labor Day weekend in Southern Utah. This is where we camped, Dead Horse State Park.
These pictures gave me heart failure. They are standing right at the edge!!!

The first day we went into Arches National Park. We hiked all the way UP to Delicate Arch! We are quite proud of ourselves. It was very very hot! Bryce made it with no complaining. Kendal was designated as the "Family Freeloaded". She got a free ride thanks to her dad!
For two days we did A LOT of hiking around to see A LOT of Arhces. Everyone of them was amazing! Bryce's main goal was to push over "Balanced Rock".
Brian and Bryce hiked this canyon (a mile long) at the wrong time of day (2:00 in the afternoon). There was no shade. Kendal waved them in. The canyon echoed so all could here her holler for Bryce. You can almost see them in the bottom left picture at the very bottom of the picture.
After all the hiking and heat, the kids started to revolt on us. So we turned on the DVD player and drove through Canyonlands National Park. The pictures don't do justice to how big these canyons are. They just went on and on!

We had a lot of fun but are glad for our central air in our house!!

2 comments:

Becky and Sundance said...

I'm impressed! It looks like you had a ton of fun. Your faces are a little on the red side in most of those photos. :-) I think Nevada should be on top of the list for next year!
Becky

Merodene said...

What a perfect ending to the summer!! Now put that trailer away and quit having so much fun!! (just kidding). What beautiful scenery!! I'm so glad you are all enjoying the outdoors!!!