Amelia loves to be outside when she comes here twice a week. If it is hot she like playing in the water. She also loves to "help" with the yard work. She gets her little rake and tries to do whatever we are doing. One day, she kept messing up all the leaf piles grampy was trying to clean up. It was so funny. He is very patient with her.
This morning we drove to Chimney Rock. It is out in the middle of the basin. Doug was a tiny dot next to it. Then we drove and hiked the Sentinel trail to Sentinel spire. It was about 1.5 miles.
This afternoon we drove to the Panorama trail and hiked 2 miles to Indian Cave and The Ballerina. The cave had over 100 Petrosomatoglyphs. They are ancient hands carved from the hands rubbing the sandstone over time.
We packed up and left Goblin Valley and Drove to Kodachrome Basin State Park. It was a beautiful drive with so many different colors and kinds of formations. Some of the places we drove through reminded me of what the moon might look like. We actually drove through Capitol Reef National Park on the way. I didn't take any pictures because we couldn't stop the truck. The leaves were starting to change color. The campground here is nice, and the weather is in the low 70's. The only downfall is the price of fuel. We are paying $6.79.9 a gallon.... so hundreds of dollars for this trip!
Today we hiked "The Valley of The Goblins". We hiked almost 5 hours. We walked about 5.5 miles wandering around all the amazing formations. There was about an hour that we got "lost" and could not figure out how to get back to where we started. There are so many formations you have to go around. We had to go into a few washes and gullies and over hard to climb hills. There are thousands of Hoodoos. Every shape and size. There are 3 valleys. We never made it to the 3rd one. It is about 3 square miles from starting point to end of valley 3. There are no designated trails, so you just wander wherever you want. We were so worn out when we got back to camp. We showered and relaxed in RV the rest of the day. We took hundreds of photos.
Today we drove 5 hours to Goblin Valley State Park. It is in the middle of nowhere. We stopped in Richfield for ice cream. We set up the trailer in a very quiet and beautiful campground. We drove 2 miles to check out the Valley of the Goblins. It is amazing. We hiked to the Three Sisters formation. It is so peaceful here, and the weather was perfect.
We are getting old...We went to Doug's 55th Hillcrest High School Class Reunion in Draper, Ut. It was weird seeing all these old people that you didn't recognize without the name tags on. They gave everyone a new yearbook. It was sad to see how many people have passed on.
Doug entered his '57 in the Ivins Heritage Days car show. There were over 40 cars there. It was very hot out. He took 1st place and got the Peoples choice award. (that is where the people attending the show vote for their favorite car, not actual judges this time)
Amelia is 26 months old. Here are a few pictures from this month. She likes playing with Mr. Potato Head, playing in the sprinklers, shoveling in the rocks, brushing her teeth, going to the park, but her favorite was playing in a box we had. She has played it in for days. She is starting to say a few sentences. She loves watching the Minions!
