A major portion of our trip to Utah was an RV trip to Zion National Park, St. Georgie, Pioche, Nevada, and Great Basin National Park.
We spent 2 days in Zion National Park
surrounded by large cliffs and mountains
hiking
eating yummy treats we earned from hiking and not throwing tantrums:
and taking our time, relaxing and resting between hikes
We also stopped at the Mountain Meadows Monument since we'd never been there and have lots of family history associate with what happened here.
We spent a day in St. George looking for a festival to celebrate the cotton mission coming to the area, but either we missed it or there wasn't anything to see so we didn't find anything like that. BUT we did find an awesome water area in the middle of town square where Mae played for hours (go figure). It was a really HOT day too.
There was also a merry-go-round which was a first for Georgie
We also visited the St. George Temple and visitor's center
We spent some time at the country store in Virgin, Utah where one of Jeremy's ancestors who Jeremy's mom is writing a book about lived for a time.
Spending some time in the RV
We headed to Pioche, Nevada to do some family history research on the same ancestor. There are pictures but it's better to envision the idea of a small almost ghost town in the wilds of eastern Nevada :) No joke. If you want to see pictures - view the slideshow.
Our last stop was at Great Basin National Park which was a new place for us.
Really the only thing to do there is visit Lehman caves which were cool. If you were to ask Maeby she'd tell you about how scared she was and how she cried and cried at first and made Grandma hold her but then she became brave and it was fun. Thankfully we had a good group of people with us on the tour and an awesome ranger who gave Maeby a flashlight and really helped her feel better. The best part was when Maeby was trying to comfort Georgie (who slept through the whole thing) by singing to her while Maeby's little body shook with terror at being in the caves. So sad and sweet at the same time.
Our ranger with Maeby after she gave Mae a badge for making it through the caves.
It was a long, exhausting trip but we got some good family history information and saw some cool new things, revisited old things and enjoyed campfires and each other's company.
To view a complete slideshow with MANY more pictures and videos of our trip to Utah, Click HERE!
2 comments:
They're getting more and more beautiful every damn day. Sheesh.
My favorite picture is one towards the beginning of the post where all the girls are in a picture, and Maeby's hair is wild under her hat and she's holding a giant stick. It cracked me up.
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