Friday, what a beautiful day, finally. We started off by going to the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary just outside of Kanab in Angel Canyon. We took a tour of the facilities and were really impressed by how many animals they have, (800 cats and 350 dogs just to name a few) and how clean and organized it all was. What a wonderful place and service they provide for animals of every kind.
Then we headed to Zions Canyon, with the rest of the Spring Breakers, it seemed. We ran into co-workers, friends from school, and friends from our neighborhood. What fun!
It was so good to see Eden smiling again. Our goal was to do the Hidden Canyon Trail but we got started kind of late so we thought we would head up and see how far we could get.
Dallin and Cameron thought a few short cuts up the rock would make things go faster.
But you can only go so fast with a four-year old. We were just grateful she wasn't crying, not that she didn't try. But we had a few tricks today. First, it helped that there was no mud and it wasn't freezing (I guess that's not a trick since it wasn't under our control). But what did help was seeing how many flowers she could find of different colors. She collected them in her pocket. We found, red, white, pink, purple, and two different kinds of yellow, but we were determined to "keep going" to find a blue.
This was as far as we could get before we needed to head back down. But I was really proud of Eden. She never did find that blue flower but she was a good hiker and Dad didn't have to pick her up once.
Then we headed to Zions Canyon, with the rest of the Spring Breakers, it seemed. We ran into co-workers, friends from school, and friends from our neighborhood. What fun!
It was so good to see Eden smiling again. Our goal was to do the Hidden Canyon Trail but we got started kind of late so we thought we would head up and see how far we could get.
Dallin and Cameron thought a few short cuts up the rock would make things go faster.
But you can only go so fast with a four-year old. We were just grateful she wasn't crying, not that she didn't try. But we had a few tricks today. First, it helped that there was no mud and it wasn't freezing (I guess that's not a trick since it wasn't under our control). But what did help was seeing how many flowers she could find of different colors. She collected them in her pocket. We found, red, white, pink, purple, and two different kinds of yellow, but we were determined to "keep going" to find a blue.
This was as far as we could get before we needed to head back down. But I was really proud of Eden. She never did find that blue flower but she was a good hiker and Dad didn't have to pick her up once.
4 comments:
It's so nice to finally have some warm weather.
What a fun way to spend your spring break. I have been waiting for the warmer weather so that we can do that, too. I am ready to take the kiddos hiking.
this one is more my pace. beautiful state we live in. glad you had fun!
You guys are so fun. Next time you need to "get out of Dodge", come visit us. :)
Wow, it's amazing the difference a few weeks makes in the weather. It looks like Eden had some fun this time.
What a crazy and fun Spring Break you guys had.
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