Megan’s Take We started our day early at Bryce Canyon National Park, because I really wanted to do the Queen’s Garden/Navajo Loop without any threat of afternoon thunderstorms. I knew it would take our kids a while to complete, and I didn’t want any weather/time pressure. The loop descends into the Bryce Canyon amphitheater where […]
Day 20 – Bryce Canyon National Park Part 1
Megan’s Take Today we said goodbye to the Hurricane/Zion area and headed northeast to Bryce UT. It was difficult to make solid plans for the day, because the threat of thunderstorms loomed all afternoon on my weather app. BUT it actually cleared, and we had blue skies and sunshine most of the day. We settled […]
Day19 – Glitter Mountain, St. George, and Kolob Canyon
Megan’s Take Yesterday was a busy day in Zion. After the Watchman Trail, which Emilia did such a great job on, the kids and I turned in their Junior Ranger packet at the Zion visitor center, attended a ranger talk, went to the nature center, and walked down the Pa’rus trail and back. (I did […]
Day 18 – Zion National Park Part 2
Phil’s Take Megan is sitting this one out today, so you’ll have to settle with just my commentary on today’s activities. This was an early morning again, because Zion has parking issues if you don’t get there early. The kids both needed to be woken up and Emmett especially was not happy about it. We […]
Day 17 – Snow Canyon State Park
Megan’s Take We slept in until 7:30 am today, which we really needed. I could tell a difference in the kids, because they were very peppy on our morning hike at Snow Canyon State Park. We saw lava tubes, petrified dunes, cool rocks, and a small slot canyon. We did a combination of trails (Petrified […]
Day 16 – Zion National Park Part 1
Megan’s Take We had Zion National Park on the agenda for today. We managed to get up and out before 7 am this morning so that we could get a parking spot at the visitor center. The alternative is to park in the town of Springdale and take a town shuttle into the park, but […]
Day 15 – St. George UT
Megan’s Take We couldn’t get ourselves going early enough to go to Zion National Park today, so we decided to stay in the St. George area. We hiked the Red Reef trail in Red Cliffs National Conservation Area. The views were beautiful, but our little hikers were whinier than usual. (I think they just wanted […]
Day 14 – Coral Pink Sand Dunes
Megan’s Take Today was a travel day from Page AZ to Hurricane UT. En route, we stopped at a rock shop called Nature’s Showcase in Kanab UT for treasures. I could have spent all day looking at the various rocks and art, but I managed to get almost an hour from Phil as he wrangled […]
Day 13 – Glen Canyon NRA
Phil’s Take Megan is taking the day off, so it’s just me posting today. Today was partly a travel day and partly to see Horseshoe Bend and Glen Canyon Dam in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. The travel from the campground in Grand Canyon took us past parts of Grand Canyon we didn’t get a […]
Day 12 – Grand Canyon National Park, Part 2
Megan’s Take Phil and I agreed that 1.5 days (2 nights) probably would have been enough to see the Grand Canyon National Park with young children, since there are a lot of trails we wouldn’t do with them. We have 2.5 days (3 nights) here, though, so we made the most of the morning. We […]