Coming Home

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

We left Utah around noon after a morning at the skatepark. 

We pulled over after driving through beautiful road side cuts, that made us want to go and explore a little bit more, and that we did. We found several caves and a few beautiful specimens of sedimentary rock to take home.
Las Vegas had nothing on all the natural wonders that we had seen, so we just blew through it.

"California, here we come, right back where we started from."

We made it home around eight in the evening. It is good to be back, but we feel a little out of place after being on the road so long. Thank to all our friends and family for following along, it has been quite a journey. 

Utah-Zion National Park

Friday, August 1st, 2008

A heavenly name was definitely appropriate for a place so other worldly. 

We spent most of our time exploring the Northern part of the park where Canyon is the most narrow and the sense of the heights of the walls are truly spectacular. 

Utah-Rock Hunting in the Volcano

Friday, August 1st, 2008

The volcanos rose above the beautiful sedimentary cliffs that we had explored the day before. We headed out early in the morning to climb one of the volcanos we had spotted.

We were able to climb down into it's extinct center, and the rocks were much denser as their was much less air in them. 
Now the difficult part began, getting out with some of the lava rocks that we had found.

Angel, got creative with her storage of the rocks on the way down as you can see.

Utah-Dino Tracks

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 A local land owner in St. George, made an amazing discovery while leveling his land down to the level of the highway. He discovered Dinosaur Tracks, and instead of continuing on in the name of progress, he gave over to paleontaligists to investigate, and they discovering the largest collection of the tracks in the world. It preserved a lake that once existed and the clay was so fine that it even preserved the impressions of their skin. Amazing! And we got to see it all.



That T-rex foot was even bigger than it looked. Wow!

Grand Canyon

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 We entered the Grand Canyon National Park on the North Rim, and never expected to see this.
Beautiful meadows amoung the pines, with wild herds of bison roaming around. And the temperature was back in the 70's at this elevation of over 7000 feet.

We hiked amoung the pines and crawled out onto a few outcropping to get the full effect of the Canyon, its depth is beyond perception.

Utah-Sand Dunes and Volcanoes in Snow Canyon?

Monday, July 28th, 2008




With our hands, still feeling numb from the Glaciers of the Rockies, it was very surreal to play in the Sand Dunes of the Snow Canyon State Park in 105 degree plus heat?

It was a land of beautiful colors, and it was saw hard to miss the immense black lava flows that covered the Red and Pink landscape.
The kids had to play in the giant Air pocket in the ancient lava flow.

Leaving Colorado in our Good as New Van

Saturday, July 26th, 2008 We got our van back and are ready to leave Colorado and head up to Utah, right on schedule even.
It was a beautiful day of travel through Vail, Aspen, and several lengthy tunnels.