A few weeks ago we took on last trip to Southern Utah before school starts. We headed to Moab and saw some dinosaur tracks along the way. On the right side of this picture you can see a tiny puddle of water. This is the tip of the right toe of this 3-toed dino.
Here's Doug and Mabes at the track site. It was H-O-T!!! We were all dying and we weren't even in the sun very long!
The girls at the site.
Sophia in a track
Lilly in a track.
Here's a size comparison with my foot. The tip of the dinos middle toe is touchin the top middle of the picture.
Quick family shot before getting back in the car to cool off!
After driving through Moab we headed up to the La Sals to camp at Medicine Lake. It was so pretty up there but unfortunately we camped next to a lot of these. They were a little noisy and a tad stinky.
We were able to camp in this beautiful grove of trees though and it was gorgeous!
We went on a nature hike and got to see the talles peak in the La Sals.
The girls also got to make nature bracelets (thank goodness for the Family Fun magazine and that I brought it to read in the car!)
We also got to do a little fishing. Sophia was proud to catch this fish but wouldn't go anywhere near it.
The fish got Doug back a little when he released it.
We had fun camping in our big tent again and have definitely continued to get good use out of it this summer. We set a goal at the beginning of the year to go camping 3 times. I think we've gone about 5 so we're good for the year! Thank goodness for DVD players in tents too!
After a good nights sleep (for some of us) in the tent we did a little more fishing,
found some rocks (surprise, surprise),
shot the BB gun a little
And went on another nature walk.
When we cleaned up our tent we discovered we were lucky enough to sleep on this. Yuck! Good thing we had a tarp down (which we decided to dispose of after making this discover).
It was so beautiful up there and the aspens were so thick! It was gorgeous!
It was funny to be up in all these gorgeous aspens and pines (where it was also a little chilly) and head down a few miles to this. Beautiful red rocks and HEAT! I love Utah.
We had a quick lunch in Utah and then headed to Price where we decided to stay another night. The girls had fun swimming a little but the pool was also very hot. It was seriously about as hot as a hot tub and made me really nauseous to swim in.
This little one loved it though.
She loved to jump in and have her daddy catch her. That was her favorite!
After swimming and breakfast we went to the Prehistoric Musuem. It was pretty fun too.
Here's the girls getting ready to take down this Mammoth (or do a jig with him. I can't tell).
In front of the pit house replica.
This little one wanted her picture taken with everything. She cracks me up!
Digging for bones.
Before we left Price we decided to drive up Nine Mile Canyon a little. It was quite the adventure. We felt like we were on a scavenger hunt trying to find everything up there. We decided you seriously need a tour guide to show you everything! We're pretty sure we missed half of the stuff you can see up there. Oh well. We did see this cool panel
and this one too.
Overall we had a great trip and it was nice to get away one last time. We're sad to see the summer go but excited for a new school year!
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