First stop: Fort Bridger. So facsinating to see the place where my ancestor Sally of the Shoshone met and married French trapper Jean Baptiste. Turns out there was a whole village of such couples near this fort.
How is this for luxury bed pan. Lands!
Totem Kids
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| Olde time farm implements |
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| Flaming Gorge! We had absolutely gorgeous weather as we floated the river. The sun didn't burn us and the rain didn't fall, for that four hour window! |
This is one of my favorite places on earth. So beautiful. So slow and peaceful.
Myself and Karly
It's a good thing we had two canopies for our kitchen and dining area because nearly the entire time we were at camp it was RAINING! We spent the majority of our time in these tents!
Clint, (Kilroy) Dave and Guido.
Adah, Rebecca and Gwen
What? Talmage with a stick? Acting in a threatening manner?
Although the kids dubbed Flaming Gorge "Raining Gorge", we did see some of these.
We had this huge group campground to ourselves.
The campground was on top of the cliff on the south edge of the Green River Gorge. Before the drop off was a system of lichen covered boulders that made all kinds of neat caves and tunnels. The kids expored it for hours and luckily no one got so adventurous that they fell off the cliff!
Clint managed to make a gorgeous loaf of sour dough bread in the dutch oven, which was a godsend for all of us freezing damp campers!
Gavin, Ian, Maddie, Adah and Elena
Cute Elena was just about to remember that she was on a gluten-free diet. When she did remember she burst into tears! Poor girl.
We'd planned to camp three nights, but after two nights of solid down pour, we pulled up stakes and packed out in the rain the second morning. The rain stopped only as we drove away! Then we had a lovely visit to Dinosaur Nat'l Monument in Vernal
This time we walked the discovery trail. The rangers told us to look for fossils, but none of them were marked. So every time we found a dinosaur bone we felt like we were the first ones to find it!
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| The kids found more than the adults. |
The Sandullis. Salt of the earth. I really admire them.
A living fossil.
Petroglyph
On the way home we stopped in Heber. I'm pretty sure it would be a party foul to go through Heber and not get a shake at Granny's.
4 comments:
Thanks for taking us along on the trip. Great cast of characters! Great scenery! Great food!
That looks amazing!! Lots of smiles despite the rain. :)
That looks amazing!! Lots of smiles despite the rain. :)
Can we tag along on these awesome trips when we move to Utah? Since you guys are cool and seem to have Utah (and surrounding Utah) adventuring all figured out.
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