Sunday, April 18, 2010

Snow Canyon Trip: Part 2

Here are my 2 rangers. Douglas has his ranger hat and badges on. We took a ranger-led hike to Johnson Arch (normally closed to public). It was an early morning hike, and was really neat. It had springs, tortoise dens, lava flows, sandstone and birds. I guess they are working on some animal preservation projects in this area, so they limit the hiking to ranger-guided only.
Kira in the pack on daddy's back. TJ is regretting not grabbing the jacket out of the tent.

Johnson Arch in Snow Canyon. Originally owned by a family, and later donated to the state.


We liked getting some sun and playing on the sand dunes. TJ and Troy played some football, and Kira and Douglas played in the sand. Kira tasted it a few times, and Douglas got buried. We were grateful for the showers that night.



We also hiked around on the petrified sand dunes. The picture above is of TJ and Troy who continued up to the top of the sand dune. I was back on the paved trail below. We didn't get too risky with climbing around with Kira in a pack.

TJ and Douglas wanted to appear as if dangling over an edge (thus, the dramatic expressions). Some very cool petrified dunes and formations.

Kira and I hung out at the bottom of a dune while the boys went hiking around. She liked to find rocks to sit on or stand on and step/jump off of (after counting 1, 2, fee!).

4 comments:

Alisha said...

Beautiful pictures! TJ does look very chilly in the first couple of photos!

Amberlyn said...

Snow Canyon looks like a lot of fun! What a great way to spend a spring break!

Jessica said...

What a great adventure you guys went on! I'm totally jealous! Your kids are growing up like crazy & are so cute. Loved the cinnamon roll bunny and TJ's maturation question... :)

Darcy said...

Hi Melinda! Your family is so cute. It sure was fun to see you last weekend.