Moab Vacation June 27-July 1, 2016

Day 1 (Monday)

We camped at Warner Lake, which is about an hours drive east of Moab, up a long, windy, dirt road. It was at a much higher elevation, so it was a lot cooler than down in Moab, and it was really green and very nice. There, we met Steven's mom, Kathy, along with Grandpa John, and Steven's brother Brian's kids. Brian is deployed, so we weren't able to see him, but his wife Kendra joined us the next day.



Warner Lake

Abigail and Peter
 Camping with Grandma Kathy and Grandpa John is different from camping on our own. They tend to bring a lot of "extra" stuff. The kids really liked the quad.

 Why do people like to carve on trees? This graffiti from 1939 was the oldest we came across.
 The first evening, Steven and I took a long hike to Oowah Lake and back. The freakiest things we saw were the staring cows.

Ooh! A lake! (Or Oowah Lake)

 Day 2 (Tuesday)

Hannah slept in a hammock the first night.

Steven

Grandpa John

John

Finn's feet. He rarely wore shoes during the entire week.

Abigail

Hannah

Finn

Zoey
 That morning, we went down the hill to Ken's Lake. Grandpa John brought at least three inflatable boat things. Those who weren't in the boats got to rock hop or swim.
Zoey

Joshua

Finn

Zoey

Finn


 After we left the lake, we drove into Arches National Park to see the cool rock formations. It was hot, and we were tired from swimming, so only a few of us took the short hikes for a closer look.





 Day 3 (Wednesday)

We spent day 3 closer to our camp site. That morning, Steven, John, Abigail and I hiked a trail up into the La Sal Mountains. We crossed a river several times, and even found some snow. (Abigail brought home a snowball to show the folks back in camp.)

The rest of that day was spent playing games and just relaxing there at the camp site.

Day 4 (Thursday)

This day we got out in the morning and when on a hunt for dinosaur tracks. We even found some!




Kendra and Finn

Abigail
 That afternoon, we went into Moab and went swimming at the Rec Center there. There were cool water slides and a lazy river, and it was a lot of fun. We were hurried on our way home, though, when it started to rain.

Day 5 (Friday)

Friday, after a rainy evening, it was a lot cooler and we decided to go back to Arches and see some more of the cool rock formations.
Abigail and Peter

John

Hannah and Finn

Hannah and Finn



All the cousins

Kendra, Zoey and Grandma Kathy

Hannah

Peter
 We had lunch at a picnic area at Arches. The biggest attraction there was the rock climbing or "bouldering". The kids all had a blast.
That speck on the top left? That's Hannah!

Abigail caught a lizard.


Josh

Steven and Abigail

Steven and Peter

Kendra, Grandpa John, Grandma Kathy, and Joshua

Joshua and the raven

Hannah

5 cousins in a cave.
(The funnest part was getting them all down again.)


After we left Arches, our family drove out along another road and got to see some pictographs and some more dinosaur tracks. Coming back home through Moab, we stopped to get John a fishing pole and license so he could do some fishing that evening. (He didn't end up catching anything.)

Day 6 (Saturday)

We packed up our stuff and drove home. 

It was a fun trip. We didn't have too much scheduled so it was relaxing. We were camped at a high enough elevation that we could escape the heat, and it rained or was overcast the last couple days which also helped with the heat. It was fun to see family that we haven't seen in a while, too. I got to play with my new camera - I took about 500 pictures! Aren't you glad you only have to look at about a tenth of them?

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