Hiking

North Window

We were great hikers with the fast excited ones ahead and the slow but steady following on the .7 mile loop.

 Cooper has taken his hiking stick on every camping trip this year.



Turret Arch

 Maggie actually liked her carrier as long as she was moving. She took a nap on almost every hike.

Spence carried both Maddux and Maggie at times. These two love being outside. They loved hiking.

The cousins climbed every arch as high as they could. My heart jumped a few times watching them! Cooper is in yellow. Can you find him? The arches were massive once you were under them.

Lunch was a picnic. Maggie was crawling in the bushes and freaking us out by a cactus. This was a bit more stressful than fun.

Picture from Internet

 Next was Broken Arch. We left Maddux sleeping in the car with Bert (thank you!) and walked the 1.3 mile round trip across this desert landscape.

Picture from Internet

 The kids loved the flat surface under the arch and played til we made them leave.

The last hike of the day for us was Sand Dune Arch. You pass through a narrow passage of sandstone  to enter a sea of red sand. There were people everywhere burying their feet and bodies. Cooper and Jake dug in the sand til they reached damp sand strong enough to create an arch of their own. I hate sand! This was so hard for me to let Maggie take off her shoes and get yucky. Maddux loved running up and down the sandy hill.

We were so dirty and yucky our family headed back to camp with Grandma to pack up and go find some showers. This made a world of a difference to me, and my babies stinky bums!