The girls did great in the car...again.
hanging out with Nana
playing ladder golf with Adam, with their own rules, of course
This picture says it all...
We hiked Leprechaun Canyon.
No complaints from this girl (or any of the kids, for that matter)!
Back at our camp...
These critters (and there were lots of them) were frequent visitors around the campsite in the mornings.
The next day we explored Poison Springs Wash...and met some very nice ladies on their horses who were going to find Butch Cassidy's name and picture etched into the rock. They wouldn't fill us in on the "secret spot" but they did show us pictures they had taken. Poison Creek Wash was a frequent hideout for outlaws back in the late 1800's.
It was a perfect day for a hike--sunny with occasional cloud cover and a nice breeze.
Desert flowers, in contrast to the color of the sand, are beautiful.
In our quest to find a cave, we missed the turn and ended up doing a little rock climbing.
We did, eventually, find the cave and it was the perfect spot for lunch.
There were pictographs at the back of the cave
There were daddy longlegs everywhere and then there was this scary looking thing against the wall...
The kids had their headlamps for exploring the cave.
view from the cave
These little guys are all over. Andy also saw a snake (and I thought those marks in the sand were from lizards dragging their tails) but, thank goodness, it was not a rattlesnake.
We stopped and saw some petroglyphs.
On the way home we stopped by Little Egypt, which reminded me of a mini Goblin Valley.
watching the sunset...
We stopped by a Mars research/training facility right outside of Hanksville, Utah. They chose this particular site because of its similarities to Mars.
The scientists have been known to walk around, outside, wearing their space suits. While we didn't see them walking around, they were waving to us from the door. (Or maybe they were shooing us away so they could come outside...)
We had an amazing time and can't wait to explore more of what Utah has to offer.
