One of our planned trips for the year was going to southern Utah so Quent could run a half-marathon with his sister Natasha. Unfortunately, he sprained his ankle in January and wasn't able to train for this race. So he wasn't able to run the race with his sister, but we kept our plans to meet her down south anyway.
There are more photos from our trip that Quent took with his camera. These are photos from my phone.
A little north of Boise we stopped at a gas station to fill-up and eat lunch. After lunch we enjoyed some delicious ice cream bars. I love the messy ice cream faces!
The kids are super good at all of the car travel. They had lots to keep them busy.
This is our first campsite in Moab, Utah. Natasha's site was just across from us. And yes, that's Joshua in the photo covering his face. Silly boy! The kids really enjoyed climbing the rock that is in the background. Actually, if you look closely, right in the center toward the top of the rock is Jeralyn and Natasha.
Aunt Natasha brought some goodies for Smores.
Quent needed to do some maintenance on his bike, so we found a bike shop in Moab. Joel enjoyed sitting on a bike.
On toward Capital Reef.
Capital Reef was my favorite place that we visited on this trip and the campground was so pleasant. The temperatures were perfect and I loved being under the shade of the trees. There was a bike path nearby and we went on a bike ride. And...it had a pie shop right outside the campground. How often does that happen? It was our first!
Our beautiful scenery from our campsite in Capital Reef. I loved it!
These photos are from a drive/walk we took in the evening.
And then we moved on to Escalante and stayed at the Petrified Forest state park. There was a reservoir beach that we enjoyed. When I think of this place, I think of relaxing.
Our last campground in southern Utah was in Zion National Park. It was a popular weekend to be there because of the race. It didn't feel right with all of the people around. We were in Zion about 10 years ago and it seemed more "commercialized" to me since we were there before. It didn't seem as amazing as it did to me the first time we visited. Maybe it was because it was hot and too many people?
We went for a walk in Kolob (another part of Zion) and then stopped in a town called Hurricane for lunch and to get groceries.
And here is dirty Joel. It's all part of the camping experience when you can't give your children proper baths.
And hopefully soon we will be able to share more photos of our trip.
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