MOAB Spring Break 2013

Ok, so it was 2 weeks ago now, but I am finally writing about our adventure in Moab. We decided awhile ago that we would use "W"'s first Spring Break as an excuse to go somewhere as a family.  We couldn't afford to go anywhere too far or luxurious, so we opted for a 3 hour drive and camping.

All in all it was a pretty fun trip. Camping actually wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Nights were surprisingly quiet, even the 9 month old, and I only remember one bathroom trip in the middle of the night. Night number 3 was probably the worst for the baby, so we were glad to be packing up that next morning. Luckily, on our second night we snagged an awesome campsite with neighbors barely within view.

It was a bit chilly in the mornings which made it hard to get up and going, and the baby was totally not in the mood to be set down AT ALL in the morning, so I couldn't really get much done with one hand, but we finally got out of camp after 10:30 each morning. I'm not going to give an extremely detailed account of where we went each day, I probably couldn't remember anyways, and I can never remember the names of anything either. If you want the detailed version though, and have a bit of reading time, go ahead and head over HERE to my husband's new blog. :)  He did a great job explaining our travels. (But really, it is quite long, it seriously must have taken him forever to write it.) Ha, anyways....

So, some places of interest we did go were:

Millcreek Dinosaur Trail

Dead Horse Point

Canyonlands

Arches
-Delicate Arch viewpoint
-Windows
-Balanced Rock
-Double Arch

Copper Ridge Dinosaur Track Site

"W"'s foot next to a dinosaur track. See the three toes?

And of course there is probably more I am missing.

So, I will put up a few cute pics here now, but for a full view of our pictures you can go HERE, where my husband has posted those on Google+


Hiking up! To see delicate arch from a viewpoint.

Best sisters hiking back down

This was under double arch. He was so happy I turned my phone to get the pic. I like this one because the rest of the fam is in the background. :)

I don't like me in this one, but I love "L" boy's face!

She is looking at a lizard down on the tree trunk at our campsite.

The girls made these pretend fire rings all by themselves. They were very proud of themselves.

The two older girls also earned their Junior Ranger Badges from both Canyonlands and Arches. There are pics of those at the google+ link. We had a great time and it only took a week or so to recover! ;-) That's all for now!