Tuesday, April 30, 2013

travel diary: goblin valley, utah - day one

goblin valley, utah
april 18-21
camping adventure with gordon's brother & his wife, jenny (& our dogs!)

^^"I think it’s a rule that all good adventure trips start off by looking for a remote camp site in an unfamiliar area after dark…" direct quote from the mister.  and our adventure started off just like that.
^^our campsite turned out to be pretty great once we could see it in the daylight.  a nice little tucked away cove.
^^camping is so great.  gordon does all of the cooking!
^^good morning matt.
^^we started off our hiking adventures with an eight mile hike in and out of slot canyons in little wildhorse canyon.
^^even though he'd been looking at maps of this area for months, he made sure one more time he knew where we were going.


^^desert trees are my favorite.




^^beautiful scenery all the way through.  love those red rocks!
^^things got a little wet, so we put the dogs in our packs and trekked on.  briggs loved being in the pack.  abbi wasn't as keen on the idea, but went with it once she saw the water.


^^it was easier to carry her sometimes than have her swim.



^^we got this (although i was shaking like crazy because i was so nervous.  everyone else is like a foot taller than me and made it look so easy!)



^^down we go!




^^brothers.
^^by far the tiniest dog down there.  don't let her size fool you.  she did amazing!
^^briggs did great too.  all ten years of him.


^^we had plans to go hike around goblin valley, but after our long hike all we wanted to do was leisurely stroll around and take photos.

^^boys...
^^okay matt, we get it.  (i would be lying if i said i didn't laugh every time he did this)
^^now that's a colorfully delicious camping meal.
^^and we ended our first night around the camp fire planning our next day's adventures...

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