Zions Nov 11-14

We have been hearing that angels landing in Zions National Park was going to close the end of this year... Not sure it's true now though. The park rangers didn't seem to know anything about it. When we first entered the park we ask a ranger when it was closing, and he said: "It might STILL be open". What?? It better still be open... that is the whole reason we are here. Of course it was still open and we had a great hike. Before we left we had decided that Porter was probably big enough to go up to the top, but for sure we would leave Roc and Trace with Grandma. All three of the boys did great getting to the look out point which is about 2 miles up hill. We forgot Rocs back pack, but were lucky Dusty and Kelsey had an extra and were willing to share! Once we got to the steep, scary part, we left Kelsey, Jonah, Mom, Kurt, Tasha, Trace, and Roc behind. (they were wishing at this point they didn't come at all... I guess 1.5 hours on top of a mountain with three kids isn't too much fun... Who would have known? Sorry guys :)) Dad, MarJean, Dust, Danny, Chad, Me, and PORTER, headed up the narrow trail, with steep cliffs on both sides! Yikes... what were we thinking. I'm surprised Chad survived it. I thought he might have a heart attack at any moment during the entire experience. It was pretty scary for us to have him there. Chad had him clinging to the chain at all times. But... he made it. Safe and Sound. We all loved the hike, and were proud of Porter. Having it all to do over again... Porter would have had to stayed back with the others for sure!!

After a fun day in Zions, we headed back to Steve and Janets house in St. George. The rest of our trip was spent chill'n. A little shopping, 2 great Jazz games, and on really sticky Utah game. We even got to spend a couple hours swimming! Thanks family for such great memories!