Thanksgiving Road Trip

The four of us (Hazen, Me, Lucy and Baby) headed out the day before Thanksgiving. We had a quick, but very nice dinner with some friends just outside Salt Lake City. Thursday morning we went south to St. George. Nice 70 degree weather for a couple days to warm us up. The state parks allow dogs on trails but the national parks don't, so we were slightly limited on where we could take Lucy. We ended up going to a remote part of the Grand Canyon that not many people travel to. Drove about 75 miles on a gravel/dirt road which was not quite what we were expecting. The view was amazing though once we got there. I have never been there and Hazen was there when he was young. Didn't really want to leave because we had to get back on the gravel road for hours. We did a loop back up through Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks and back to Salt Lake on Saturday. The parks were beautiful. Huge red cliffs and wierd terrain. The elevation at Bryce Canyon was pretty high, so we did get a little snow there. Tried to make it all the way back to Boise Saturday but couldn't do it. It was a long time in the car (and more bathroom breaks than Hazen would have liked) but we had a great time.

Hoodoos and Fins at Bryce Canyon

Buck we saw in the park

Natural Bridge at Bryce Canyon

More hoodoos

The ever-excited-to-be-in-the-car Lucy
Cliffs in Zion National Park

Good ole Grand Canyon

The first published belly pic

It's a long way down

More Grand Canyon

Snow Canyon State Park near St. George

Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City