First Camping Trip of the Year

We have a friend from France staying with us for 2 months. Her name is Pauline and she was in our ward in Metz. She is doing an internship in Salt Lake and we are excited to have her staying with us. We decided to take a trip down to Southern Utah because they don't have anything like it in France. We stayed at the Dead Horse Point Campground so that we could at least have flushing toilets. (It was her first camping trip aside from girls camp). We spend three days exploring Dead Horse Point, Canyonlands and Arches. It was a lot of fun. The kids love camping and hiking, they had a blast. It was fun to show Pauline around and watch her reactions to the beauty that is So. Utah.


In arches we hiked to Delicate Arch. It is a fun hike because you get to climb up a huge rock and you feel like you are in a waste land and then you come upon the Arch and it is beautiful. The kids loved to watch for lizards and follow the cairns (stacks of rocks to show you where the trail is), Max even started some if his own.

Maddie ready to hike

They found a lizard

Our first view of Delicate Arch.

Pauline was proud of herself for conquering her fear of heights.

Bret and the kids under the arch. Look closely.

Bret and the kids looking over the edge after they hiked down into the bowl below Delicate Arch.

Another favorite at Arches was Sand Dune Arch. Max and Dad climbed to the top and the kids loved running down the sand hill.

We went to several lookouts in Canyonlands, we hiked to see the crater that they think could have been caused my a meteorite and we went on some beautiful scenic drives.

Bret too close to the edge for my comfort.



A cool rock tunnel we went through on one of our drives.

This is the Shafer Trail, the scariest drive I have ever been on. I drew a line to show approx. were the road was that we took.

This is us safe and very happy to be at the bottom!