Southern Utah

Last night I didn’t write a blog post because I was in a tent. We started the day at our log cabin in a nice comfy bed, the opposite way we ended the day. We drove a little way to a River where me and Ellie played for 10 minutes. Then we drove a little […]

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10 ,11

the  first PRETTY thing we saw yesterday was a waterfall going the speed of a hundred. On the road I saw a sign that said the speed limit was 55. After we saw the speed of 100 waterfall we saw the mossy cave that wasn’t very cool because it was more like a rock with […]

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Day 9- Bryce Canyon National Park

My whole body is exhausted, including my brain. I had forgotten how mentally challenging really long hikes are. Everyone else in the family is blogging away and I’m not sure that I’ll be able to find the words to express what today meant. We started early and hiked about 2 miles from the town we […]

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Mind Blown!!

Today was a mind blowing day. We hiked 14 miles (mind blown!), and saw the the numerous landforms; hoodoos, hills forest and so much more (mind blown)! The views were outstanding as Ellie would say “another 5 star view”(Mind blown). I’ll stop using mind blown The hike was strenuous. Uphill the whole way except for […]

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The Distance

Best hike so far. I’ve loved Bryce Canyon since the first time I saw it back in 2010. The landscape is unlike anything anywhere. Even Cedar Breaks, which is remarkably similar, is lacking in hoodoos and hikeable trails. Today’s 14 mile journey through the entire northern part of the park was one of the coolest […]

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The Eighth Day

Today was a very strenuous day. It was hot, sweaty, and hard. But once again all the views were five stars. We saw beautiful hoogie thingies. We got to go inside them. We hiked up, down, all around. We saw chipmunks digging, picking flowers. Oh the beautiful sights of them. We saw black and white […]

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The 7th day

Today we did a 4 mile  hike. It was a out and back. on  the way out I  was freezing. all the views were 5 stares. here are some views! The hike was strenuous because the cold wind was blowing in our faces the whole time. Zoe and me got to be the leaders a […]

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Bright

We woke up a bit on the late side this morning. Our plan had been to wake up bright and early to begin heading south. I heard water dripping and thought the hotel was leaking. Realizing that was stupid I thought it odd that we could hear someone else taking a shower. Realizing that was […]

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