Zions Trip

There are so many, many, many awesome pictures I could post...and some that I can't yet because they are on our one-time-use-water-proof camera that obviously hasn't been developed yet, BUT here are some GREAT pics of our trip! (Thanks to Aleesha for taking most of the ones that I am in!):

This is Weeping Rock. Only, I know a lot of people in my family who get sick of landscape pictures, however cool they may be, so I chose instead, to put cute pictures of people on here.

This is in a crevice/canyon on our way to Observation Point, which was an 8 mile hike, and I am just super glad we did this on the first day, because it was the coolest.

This is the top of Observation Point. We were 2400 feet up.

This is an arch in Hidden Canyon, which is my personal favorite of Zions. We picked the late afternoon to go there because it is in shade the ENTIRE way!

Okay, so this is a really blurry picture, but I thought it was cool. I think this is Hidden Canyon as well.

This is Sterling borrowing Adam's aviator glasses because he thought they were really cool. We had a fabulous time, it was tons of fun....we did have an incident with two squirrels in our tent, but we salvaged mostly everything, so it was all right. Except then I didn't like squirrels at all for the rest of the trip. They didn't seem to care.

This is almost to the top of Angels Landing. You can see the rest of the ridge behind us. We hiked across that to the end. Mostly I clung to the chains and wondered what the difference is between a 19 yr old and a 21 yr old and WHY was I so much more scared this time??? Oh yeah, and these are the shirts we designed. They have that picture of hikers on them and then around it they say "Bring a compass...it's awkward when you have to eat your friends"

This is me at the top of Angels Landing. Gotta love the pigtails.

This is a really sweet rock in Refridgerator Canyon on the way down from Angels Landing. I'll have to post a picture of Walters Wiggles when I get a chance.

This is the last day we were there, and it was 105 degrees and so we just did the River walk, and then played in the water all day long. Hence the swimming attire.

This is me before I got all wet. The wet pictures will have to be posted later, because they were taken on the one-time-use camera.

This is after we were all wet. I had on my bandana and Sterling's hat for safe-keeping. This was our very last stop before heading to our campsite for the last night and heading out in the morning.

Behind us is the Organ, and behind that is the Great White something or other. I can't remember. Oh, and that hiking stick (a real metal one) I found by the river. It was awesome.

I had a FABULOUS time. It was so much fun to be there with Adam and Aleesha. It was REALLY hot, but we saved the day by paying $7 Saturday night and going swimming about two miles outside of the camp at a resort and it was BEAUTIFUL! I felt like I was rich or something and wiling away my summer days. The hikes were intense, we did almost three miles the first evening we drove in, and 12 miles the next day. The next day we did Angels Landing, it was 104 degrees, we drank 7 water bottles and a 2 liter pack between Sterling and I, and Adam and Aleesha pulled the same. Good thing we packed that much! I also got cauterized by a flying burnt marshmallow bit. We made popcorn on the camp stove, and played the music game and a tshirt game. All in all, it was a GREAT break, a GREAT start to the summer, and I wish I could go back.

Instead, I will go do laundry that includes our shoes, duffle bags and sleeping bags, all our dishes, and I need to bring Sterling dinner at school. And I have to go to work tomorrow. Sigh.