Our vacation this year was down to Southern Utah (again) to Goblin Valley and Capital Reef. We left on April 29th and returned on May 3rd. So we had a lot to see and do in just those few days.
I love how much we can cram in our car. It makes for a completely comfortable ride to wherever we're going...hahahaha!
We went through Price and made a stop at the Dinosaur Quarry. Carson loves dinosaurs so this was fun for him.
Here's our campsite in Goblin Valley. It was very beautiful. But I have to say, I definitely didn't expect how windy it would be. Maybe it was just during the time we were there but we had sand and dirt blowing into our tent and collapsing the sides while we were sleeping. I was afraid it was going to smother Austin who was right by the side. Needless to say, I didn't sleep well while we were here. Also when we packed up the tent there was a scorpion under it. I've never seen a live scorpion in my life and was kind of shocked and awed at the same time. It was whitish-clear. I thought they were only brown and black. Hmm, go figure! We left it alone and it left us alone.
The "goblins" were so much fun to play on. You can see faces and creatures in the rocks (that's what makes it Goblin Valley). It's fun to see what you can see. The kids loved running and climbing and playing all over! Tell me if you see what we saw in the faces of the rocks.
Moon River!!! Never will you see this side of me again!
Kaylee thought this looked like a swan or a bird.
We saw a pirate in this one.
Now this one is just obvious!!!
This was a gorilla!
Pretty obvious too...an alien!
I thought this looked like a sheep's head
Okay, so we thought the first formation on the left looked like a pawn from a chess set, then the monkey that bangs the symbols together is in the middle and then best one ever is the last and that's Chester Cheetah!
This is the Little Wild Horse trail.
Love Kaylee's face on this one!
This was our third day.
Caramel Canyon by the Goblins. Austin fell asleep so I stayed with him in the car. Curt and the other kids explored this one.
This was my favorite hike. It's Crack Canyon. We had perfect weather. It had become overcast and a the clouds had turned a little dark with just a few sprinkles. We were a little worried at first since you're not supposed to hike slot canyons if it's bad weather but it turned out perfect and was so much fun!
Can you see the snake?
We did it!
Self-explanatory!
Hard to imagine so many people could live in this tiny house!
We hiked to Hickman Bridge. It was a fun hike, too!
So cute!
Warming by the fire...yeah, right!
The school house!
We hiked to the Tanks but we saw the other things on our way there. The pioneer names were cool. We had a hard time finding them. They were SO HIGH up on the canyon wall that we missed them on our way there. We only saw them on our way back. We can only speculate how they got their names up that high!
Can you see us down there?
These are the Tanks!
I love the colors of this picture!
Here are the names!
I love the colors of this picture, too.
And of course...our hotel! Finally a bed...and a pool for the kids!
On our way home we stopped at the Fremont Indian State Park. There we saw TONS of petroglyphs and rock art. It was amazing how much there was all in one small area. The kids had fun climbing around especially in the little huts they have to look at.
I love the colors of the flowers.
Our last stop was at Cove Fort, an LDS fort made of volcanic rock in 1867.
It was neat to see all the furniture that they used back then.
I LOVE old stoves. They are my favorite!
They weaved their own rugs
This was where the guns went to protect the fort and those inside.
Look at how green the grass is. I love it!!!
I loved this because of the baby cradle.
On top where the sentries would patrol and look out over the walls of the fort. Of course this is looking down into the fort.
This was a fun vacation full of lots of fun and activities. Of course we were a little burned and a lot tired but we made lots of memories.
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