Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Spring Break

Well it wasn't a relaxing week in Arizona sitting by the pool, but it was a fun spring break none the less. My little sister, Jeni, wanted to go on a road trip and go visit a few national parks, so we did last weekend (with her husband, Chad, and Kalli and me). Even though Kalli was disappointed with the pictures (she forgot her wide angle lens), we still got a few sweet ones (I thought).

We went to Zion National Park first and camped there for 2 nights.


This one shows some crazy rock climbers. The next one is closer up on them.




Ahh, that's cute. What are you still on the honey moon?




There were some serious switchbacks on this trail. We hiked up to Angel's Landing on Friday. It was a pretty serious hike, but the weather was awesome. It was in the lower 80's at the bottom, but in the shade near the top, it was a perfect temperature. Most of these pictures are from that hike, since that's mostly all we did. We were hiking for 4 or 5 hours on this one.



This is how close we were to the thousand foot cliff. I don't know what we were thinking!



Even the lizards were out in full force. This one is feeling crazy out on the edge of the cliff.


There wasn't much water this time of year, but these little falls gave us a nice mist.



Here's the photographer. I had to give here a little recognition. Aren't the bandana and big white glasses cute! (Even after 3 days in the wilderness)

We ended the trip by stopping at Bryce Canyon just to see it. It was a bit colder there (as you can see by the sweatshirts and snow).


Thanks Jeni and Chad. We had tons of fun (minus the high winds and freezing temps both nights, and the rock hard sleeping conditions). I think we owe our lives to Jeni for preparing the food. We would've starved for sure without her preparation.

3 comments:

Lindsay said...

Looks like you guys had a ton of fun! And Kalli, your photographs turned out BEAUTIFULLY! They're gorgeous!!! That makes me want to go!

nick and julie said...

Awesome. Looks like lots of fun (especially the no kids part). You guys are all fantastic, wish we could hang out more often. julie

baxtersrus said...

Yeah, it was fun! Thanks to you guys! Thanks for putting up with all the little camping adventures that were unplanned for. You two were great. I love the pictures, they are great, I'll have to get a copy. I feel bad that we never did get a pic of all of us!