It took a few days to rest up and recover from our trip. I had so many photos to go through from the trip I couldn’t convince myself to take my camera outside. After watching more and more of the cone flowers open up I finally went out. The cone flowers are just beautiful! The …
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Utah Trip 2018 – Day 10
Monday, May 14, 2018 We got up and left at 7:35 AM. We got gas, ice and breakfast and headed south. I did not take any pictures this day–I may have been pouting about having to go home and Tommy was in “let’s get home” mode. All in all, we had another wonder family vacation …
Utah Trip 2018 – Day 9
Sunday, May 13, 2018 We left Burlington at 8:20 AM. It was 49 degrees with heavy clouds. It some areas it was really foggy. We got to the Drury Inn in Mt. Vernon, IL at 7:20 PM. We ordered pizza for dinner and then went to bed. We wanted to get up early and get …
Utah Trip 2018 – Day 8
Saturday, May 12, 2018 Tommy and I were the first ones to leave Escalante. We packed up and left at 8:40 AM as Tommy wanted to get east of Denver before stopping for the day. The kids were left to close up and check out. The house in Escalante was perfect for us all. Although …
Utah Trip 2018 – Day 7
Friday, May 11, 2018 I wanted to get some sunrise photos so Tommy and I decided to go to Bryce Canyon again. We got up early and left the house around 5:30 AM. I can’t imagine why, but no one else wanted to go with us. The sunlight hitting the hoodoos made them look like …
Utah Trip 2018 – Day 6
Thursday, May 10, 2018 On our way to Bryce Canyon, Tommy saw a pulloff that had some information at it. Seeing nothing of interest from the truck he was curious so he turned in. There were two Anasazi granaries way up high. Pretty cool and we would never have seen them if Tommy hadn’t pulled …
Utah Trip 2018 – Day 5
Wednesday, May 9, 2018 Evan and Hall left early to go for a run and then to drive over to St. George to pick up Molly. Tommy, Amanda, Miss B and I left a bit later. We stopped at Escalante Outfitters for breakfast. Amanda and Tommy got breakfast rolls (because, according to Tommy, the guy …
Utah Trip 2018 – Day 4
Tuesday, May 8, 2018 We started out our day at the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Visitors’ Center. From there we went to the Escalante Petrified Forest State Park. Tommy and I waited for the kids to take the 1+ mile hike. But first, Miss B had to get through her meltdown. She evidently was too …
Utah Trip 2018 – Day 3
Monday, May 7, 2018 We left Grand Junction at 9:20 AM after getting breakfast and filling up the truck. We were heading to Capitol Reef National Park to meet up with the kids who were driving down from Salt Lake City. Some of the sights from Grand Junction to Capitol Reef: We got to the …
Utah Trip 2018 – Day 2
Sunday, May 6, 2018 Our second day is always more fun than the first because we get out of the congestion and traffic of the east and we are off of the interstate or seeing things we don’t normally see. We left the hotel at 8:15 AM, filled up the truck, got breakfast and headed …