Willis Creek and Grosvenor Arch

 That morning (Wednesday July 29th) we got ready as quickly as we could and ate breakfast at this restaurant that came free with the hotel stay. Everyone got super full of good food and then we went out on our walk through Willis Creek. There were about 5 narrows, and we only got through 4 I think before turning around to head back. We knew our kids wouldn't last if we pushed them more, and this was only the first activity of a very long day! It turned out to be such a fun hike though! The water kept the kids cool enough as they just walked/splashed in it whenever they got too hot. There were lots of shaded areas too that were nice. It was so incredible to see all the narrows though, and think about how they were formed like that. I thought the textures and patterns on the rock were just so beautiful. What an incredible world we live in! One thing I didn't get a picture of is Tyler and Brynlee trying to catch lizards. They loved finding them and trying to catch them. Those things are so fast so they never did, but it was funny to watch.

 Any Louis L'Amour fans out there? This pile of rocks we saw right at the start of the hike reminded me of in the book Lonesome Gods. He mentions that several times. Some sort of old Indian thing.

 Do you see Kenny? He sort of camouflages up there on the right.

They dug under there and got the clay to make hand prints or write their names on the rocks.

Good thing we had turned back when we did. This one started unraveling very quickly. She insisted on being carried back the last little bit after falling a couple times.

 We got back in the car and drove out, but made one more stop at Grosvenor Arch before exiting the park. The kids had all pretty much lost their excitement about it as they were worn out and wanted to rest in the car. But they were good troopers and walked up to it for a few pictures.

Can I just say that Briggs is like the best baby in the world? He is such a good traveler and just goes everywhere and does whatever we drag him along to with the sweetest smile on his face. As long as he's fed, he's happy. And oh do I love him all the more for it!!

                                                    And then we finally let them SLEEP.