Utah Vacation 2012 Week 2

Week Two
Off to Moab, Utah
Our first stop was Price Canyon Recreation Area.  We drove up a 3 mile mountain climb to a picnic area and enjoyed a nice lunch.  Just outside of Moab we stopped at Monitor and Merrimac Buttes viewpoint on the way into Dead Horse Point State Park:

Dead Horse Point State Park.   It was super hot outside but the views were beautiful:

The next day we went to Arches National Park.  First stop, The Windows:

 

Sand Arch was one of our favorites.  There were lots of fun rocks to climb:

 

 Cool Rock formations:

 And of Course an Arch:

 Daddy climbed on top of the Arch:

 

There were really fun places to explore:

 One final rock to climb on the way out:

The next day we went to Canyonlands National Park.  Our first hike took us to Mesa Arch.  We got to play in the sand:

 

Mesa Arch:

 The view through Mesa Arch!:

Next we hiked to Whale Rock:

 

  The Climb:

 To the top:

 On top of Whale Rock:

 Having fun with mommy on the way back:

Next we went to one of mommy's favorite hikes:
Upheaval Dome:

 

Daddy worked the hardest to get us to the top:

We made it to the first overlook:

 

  For some reason WE were really tired:

 But we kept on hiking:

 

We made it to the top:

 

 On the way down daddy was getting a little tired!:

 Later that afternoon we went to a super-awesome park:

On one side of the park there were a dozen or so musical instruments to play:

 

 

We tried boysen berries for the first time.  Yum!:

The next day we went back to Arches:

And hiked to Delicate Arch.  Well one of us crawled:

 We stayed on the path:

 And we made it!:

 Daddy helped us back down the mountain:

Then we decided to take the trails to the other side of Delicate Arch:

 The next day we headed back to Canyonlands:
 
This time we went down into the canyon.  Daddy helped us down:

 We had fun exploring with mommy:

Our next stop was the Grand View Point Overlook:
 
Then we went on another hike on the Aztec Butte Trail:

We found some old Native American grainaries:

Our final stop of the day was back to the visitors center where Elizabeth became an official Jr. Ranger:

Rachel is studying her book for our next visit:  

The next morning we went back to Salt Lake City and stayed with our friends the Lortons.  We had lots of fun.  

We made rice crispy treats together:
 
We had lots of fun playing:

 

The girls all had fun getting curlers in their hair:

 

 

We even had our first slumber party:

 

Thank you to all our friends and family for a great visit!

Thanks Mom and Dad for another fun-filled and action-packed vacation!!