Happy 8th Birthday Joel!!!

 

Happy 8th birthday to our fun loving Joel!  He loves people and critters!!!  He catches lizards like no other!!!  He loves to climb mountains, rocks, trees, any challenge!!!  He meets no stranger.  He loves people.  Happy 8th birthday Joel!  

Day 10- Capital Reef National Park

Monday, Memorial Day we drove to Capital Reef National Park and hiked Cassidy Arch, 4 miles round trip, a beautiful arch.  We saw people repelling down off the arch.  We spent the night at Quality Inn and ate at Black Bear Diner.  The kids loved this restaurant, free ice cream.  

The kids loved this meal!!!  Pancakes with whipped cream and ice cream, huckleberry ice cream!

 

Day 9- Bryce Canyon

 Sunday, we drove the hour to Bryce Canyon.  We hiked down in the canyon at the Navajo Loop and Queens Garden Loop in the hoodoo canyon.  We loved the hike in the canyon.  We then drove the road to 9000 feet to see beautiful views.  We had a picnic lunch and did the Mossy Cave hike to a waterfall and cave.  The kids loved the creek.  We stayed at Duck Creek Village in a very high mountain town.  The boys love climbing the rocks and trying to catch all the desert lizards.  

Day 8- Zion NP

Day 8- Zion National Park

Saturday we headed to Zion.  This was one of our favorite parks so far.  It was VERY busy so we modified our plan.  We drove to the Visitor Center and God provided a parking spot.  We hiked the Watchman Trail to a beautiful overlook.  Then we played in the creek.  We then drove East through the one mile tunnel.  We did the Overlook Trail hike to a beautiful view of Zion canyon.  The boys climbed the rocks, lots of rocks.  Joel was the great lizard catcher again.  Animal finds:  We saw a diamondback rattlesnake and some bighorn sheep on the mountains.