Saturday, October 15, 2011

Fall Break Vacation

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For Fall break we went to Zions National Park for a trip. We had never been there before and it was breathtaking, this shot we took from our hotel while the kids were swimming in the pool.

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It was a beautiful hotel we stayed at. The kids enjoyed the pool, like always.

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Hot tub too!

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The next day we went hiking in Zion’s National Park.

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Crossing the bridge.

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We met up with Gavan, Andy and the kids.

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We saw these people rock climbing, it looked really hard and exhausting!

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It was fun hiking around and enjoying Zions together.

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Mercer and Ethan finding a small cave to hide in.

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Me.

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Kier.

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The kids.

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They bus you to different hiking points, they don’t allow cars.

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On the way out of town we stopped to do some geo-caching at a old cemetery and ghost town.

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Beautiful headstones. Very old and decorative.

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This headstone caught my eye, I LOVE what it said about Mary, I thought it was beautiful!!!!

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The kids and Gav hiking up to find the geo-cache.

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Then we drove to this cool old town that’s in the process of being restored.

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It had houses you could check out and look around at.

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Interesting to look at the construction and hard work it must have taken to build these houses so long ago.

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I would have enjoyed it more if someone named DeeDee (short for Debbie Downer) who showed up on this trip.

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Cool old barn and wagon.

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This is just of a road side restaurant, I just loved this picture Kier took.

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Then we headed to Saint George to the Tuacahn to see the Little Mermaid show.

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It’s fancy, we had never been before.

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It’s an outdoor theater set against a basin of red rock as the back drop. It was a beautiful night.

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Waiting for the show to begin.

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They did a great job. It was a great show.

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Colorful, great voices, parts were under the sea, amazing!

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Cool set changes.

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At intermission we caught up with Gav and Andy.

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While waiting for the parking lot to clear we ran down to the fancy entrance to the Tuacahn to take some photos.

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Them.

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And us. It was a great night.

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The next day we woke up and headed to the Saint George Temple.

P1030783 Beautiful Temple, so white!

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They have a cool visitors center. Book of Mormons in all different languages.

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You can learn all about how the temple was built, amazing.

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A mini replica of Jerusalem.

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The church does such a nice job.

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It was a great vacation! Thanks Southern Utah for all the fun!

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