Zion's Escapade

we took advantage of the gorgeous weather today and headed down to Zion's National Park. here's how it went down:

11:15 am - scheduled departure time - we walked out the door at noon
12:35 ish - stopped for gas and drinks in Hurricane
-porter had a blowout which caused kamber to need a new, clean shirt. the third store we stopped at carried shirts and happened to be owned by the brother of mandy johnson, who was on the plane with my dad and brother. they so kindly gave kamber the shirt for free.
1:30 - we finally leave Hurricane headed to Zion's
2:00 ish? - arrive, fix lunch, nurse babies, load back packs, use the bathroom, fill up water bottles
3:00 ish - finally start the hike to the lower emerald pools - 2 hours late :)
2 minutes later - madison has gravel in her shoe and needs it readjusted
one step later later - madison has gravel in her shoe again
it's going to be a long hike at this pace!
another step later - yep more gravel
and another 2 steps - gravel

next time we won't let madison hike in her crocs!!!

we had a good laugh about it and eventually made it through the hike and safely home

a few pics to satisfy your curiosity:



checkout kamber's awesome back pack! it's pretty sweet and porter was traveling in style. she even had an attached 'rear view' mirror to check on him.

madison enjoying grandma and grandpa mark (this was the gravel-in-the-shoe part of the trip)



madison wanted dan to carry 'bof' (both) she and grace.

this is when madison insisted on walking by herself - as you can see, we got a little behind.

ice cream at zion's lodge


i forgot how incredible Zion's National Park is. the scenery is amazing and for anyone that hasn't been, put it on your list of places to go!