Dave and Nina Smith Family

Dave and Nina Smith Family

Friday, April 22, 2011

Spring Break Day 1

For spring break this year we decided to take a family camping trip down to Goblin Valley. David and I first camped there when we were at BYU and dating. We had such a good time that we always wanted to go back. It's a beautiful part of the country and not too far from home. We left Monday afternoon and came back on Thursday.

What follows is our adventures there.

**Lots of pictures, but I swear I took a 100+ more!*
We arrived in the dark on Monday night and found a bluff to set up camp for the night. When we woke up this is what surrounded us:

After a leisurely morning we headed over to hike Crack Canyon. It was a short hike as an introduction to the slot canyons in the area. The kids enjoyed climbing on the rocks and the beauty of the canyon around us as we hiked in the perfect 60 degree weather.

This shot gives you some perspective of how much climbing there was to do.




Unfortunately at one point the trail came to a drop and Jag refused to go down it. Dave and 3 of the kids went on exploring and Ethan, Jag and I had a little nap in the sun.




We moved camp that day to a more secluded and beautiful off "Behind the Reef Road". There are so many places to camp on BLM land all over the area. We thoroughly enjoyed the day of fun in the sun and outside!



2 comments:

libby said...

Looks like it was a really fun trip! Everyone was having fun!

Mark Smith said...

Wow! Looks like fun!