Monday, March 17, 2014

travel diary - canyonlands national park, utah // day one

on the road again. and with new friends!
once again we went on an adventure in southeast utah with some new people.
it's been a lot of fun meeting up with people with our same love of the outdoors and adventure.
this time we met the Chiara's.  they are a great family who we spent lots of time with.
gordon and i said to each other multiple times that we hope our future kids will love the outdoors as much as the Chiara kids do.  and that our family works together like they did.  watching them was a sigh of relief...because we want to continue our adventures forever, hopefully with kiddos in tow!

we rolled in late and stayed just outside of goblin valley state park.
we got an early start the next day and hit the dirt roads towards canyonlands national park.
we saw 4wd vehicles recommended signs a lot.
gordon making our ride smoother by airing down our truck tires.  thank you honey.
toyotas unite!
the dirty devil river.  
it had to be crossed.
have we mentioned how much we love utah...gosh it's beautiful.
here's that sign again.
rough(ish) terrain. the road to canyonlands was slow moving...but really awesome too.


taking the road less traveled always proves to be remarkable!
oh, that's just cody.  in his BRAND NEW taco.  no added car body protection or anything.  
that's risky business right there.
my guy showing the chilins his wrist rocket skills.  they were trying to hit a specific spot on a tree.  no animals or people were harmed.
hip hip hooray!  we made it!
the wall.
the wall from the side.
entering the dollhouse.  
setting up camp.
campsite with a view!
no fires allowed so we hung out by a lantern while other played their guitar and sang.
it was a great end to our first day.

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