We left Mtn. Green as early as we could and drove down to Mapleton to stop at the Tobler's house (my uncle Gregg and aunt Sharon) so I could see my cousin McCaye and her cute kids who were visiting Utah also at that time. I haven't seen her in...3 yrs?? I don't even know how many years but way too long! It was so fun to catch up a little and get to know her cuties a little better too. Kenny ran to the grocery store while we were there so we could have some snacks and water in the car, and make sandwiches a couple days for lunch. Eating out was already getting old and we'd only just begun! Ack. After visiting with her for an hour we took off again and headed for southern Utah. We wanted to hike around and see a lot of the unique landscape down there. We drove through Dixie National Forest and got to Grand Staircase-Escalante! We stopped at a couple lookout points before getting to our designated "hiking" spot. I'm sorting through hundreds of pictures so forgive me if many of them look the same and it all starts to get boring after the first 3. It was a fun trip for us and the desert is so very different from where we live that it was fun to experience and explore there for a while.
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| Of course the girls immediately set to picking desert wildflowers. |
Our first real stop here was to go hike around Devil's Garden. We read online this was a good one for families and it certainly was! Everyone had such a great time climbing around to their heart's content, mostly Kenny. :) I felt like everyone was relatively safe almost the whole time.
But boy, it was H-O-T!!!
After we finished there it was well past dinner time and we had all worked up quite a good appetite. We found a cute little burger joint and ate before heading to our hotel with a gorgeous sunset.
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