Zion Hiking Trip

I am trying to blog more and will eventually get around to it but I will share with you our Zion trip.

Cody goes Turkey hunting every year and I don't think its fair. If I want to go do anything I have to drag 3 rug rats with me with one on my boob 8 hours a day and I don't get to "get away." So I have always told Cody that I don't mind if he hunts as long as he takes the family camping throughout the year. He still hasn't done that but now that we are living in Utah I am going to make everyone hike/camp whether they like it or not.

Cody's friend from Vegas and his dad were going to Zion Canyon and he wanted to take the opportunity to see them. We left Thursday and stopped to fish for a couple hours. It was a bad time of the day and we didn't catch anything.

we got to the camp late and it was getting dark. Both the kids were getting scared and Zion was asking about bears and giant skunks getting us. Then it got Sage scared. Cody is trying to put up the tent and I am building a fire with one hand and Holding Rae in the other hand. We are trying to make hot dogs and chili and everything is just going wrong and the kids are screaming. Our propane light wasn't working, and our flashlight we got the wrong batteries. Then we went to play a movie for the kids with our new laptop and realized it doesn't have a CD/DVD spot. We finally get the kids to sleep and it is FREEZING. Cody said he was fine because he slept next to a dangerous propane heater.

 

 

The next morning we took the kids hiking on just a little trail but I was very impressed with both of them. Zion is a great little hiker and he wanted to go farther and farther. We finally had to turn back and Sage was a good sport until she got tired. then we had to carry her for a bit.

 

       Zion was named after this National Park

Zion National Park

 then we stopped at the river to cool and it was really pretty. We realized though the water was not flowing well. There will be a drought and we are planning on getting our water storage ready.

 

 

 

then we went to a couple fun little souvenir shops and got some ice cream.

We got back to camp and cooked some potato stew and relaxed and enjoyed the evening.

 

"Roughin It Rae"

 

view from our tent in the morning, I thought it was cool.

and SUPRISE Grandpa Blaine rought Great Grandpa Bushell's old 4 wheeler. We were excited to try it out. The kids weren't being very good so we drove around for a bit and them packed up our stuff.

 

Blaine said that he doesn't really have room, and he won't be driving the 4 wheeler in Las Vegas so he is letting us have it. I am so stoked because I have never owned a toy like that. It will be really fun to go cruising around the canyon with it every now and then. and I plan on buying a small trailer for our family to use because we will use it a lot. and bring along our little 4 wheeler to play on.

                                                        til next time....