June 18, 2022

I have been wanting to camp inside Bryce Canyon National Park so 6 months ago I got some reservations.  

It was great to be able to walk to the rim - which is where we spent a lot of time.  It was also great to have sunrise and sunset in the park. We enjoyed one sunset at Sunrise Point and one at Inspiration Point.  Plus sunrise on Friday was extra magical.  

My initial plan involved lots of hiking but since my knee is messed up, it wasn't mostly rim walking.  But Darren did get to hike Fairyland Loop.

While it was not the trip I had initially planned or imagined, it turned out just fine. It was so enjoyable, we spent time at parts of Bryce that we haven't spent much time at.  I would definitely do this again. 

June 12, 2022

Good Sunday. MR joined us for church and then we had a great evening with lasagna and games. SkyJo is one of my favorites and we played some Jackbox games where Raw Chicken (aka Rachael) schooled us all. 

June 11, 2022

Granite Flat camping - good times. Made it up early enough to spend some time just relaxing. Hammocks we’re wonderful. D and I took a hike in the afternoon. Mill Canyon lollipop with a spur to “Pond Meadow” that Darren showed me. It was a great spot. There’s so much green - I love it! Also , there’s so many people - I do not love it! Back to camp for the kids to come join us. K, T, R, C, S plus the dogs came for some dinner and games. It was awesome all hanging out in nature. So awesome that the mosquitoes joined us. Which is why we played games in the trailer. Also - there is pollen everywhere. It’s like our campsite is yellow.

Day 2 - I went down for work and Darren went up to hike. He hiked Silver Glance and beyond with Baylie. Saturday evening we took dinner back up to the campsite for a few more hours in nature. Fabulous evening eating Costa Vida and hammocking. Then we packed up and came home. My knee is not being nice. 

June 9, 2022

Sometimes you just need a little mountain music.  I ran up Pine Hollow by myself and made it to the second meadow.  Pine Hollow should be visited every year in June.

June 7, 2022

 

Good morning with K and S. Art museum with some art and some laughing then lunch at Blaze pizza. Mmm.

June 5, 2022

Good Sunday. Church and dinner/games/walk with the Randalls. Then it was us 5 watching a movie together downstairs and that hasn’t happened in a long time.

 

June 3, 2022

 

Good hike this morning with Sadie and her two friends. I love taking kids on hikes in the summer. Scout Falls felt good. Wendy’s frosty after tasted good. I loved listening to Sadie share stories and facts on the hike back down.

I also hike to one of my favorite AF Canyon views (on May 31) - the meadow at the top of Mud Springs trail with a view of Timp. This time I got there on a different trail than usual.