wolfman panel cedar mesa utah part three

our explorations just kept getting better!   petroglyphs!  again, by far the best ones i've seen in real life.

the wolfman himself!

aliens??

and just across the riverbed were some more ruins.

a little more intact than the first one we saw earlier that day.  LEGIT!

MORE POTTERY!  this one is very pretty.  i can only imagine what it would have looked like all intact.

the group 

(missing just a few people that didn't want to forge 

an overgrown riverbed with random cows roaming everywhere.  go figure.)

cedar mesa, utah part two

we thought the slot canyon was going to be dry.  then we remembered it's january.

next on our itinerary was exploring, which was pretty much on the itinerary every day but whatever.

one of the people in the group, cody, is a master at finding locations with no trail to lead the way.

we only had mile marker coordinates for this particular indian ruin.  when we came to the mile marker, we pulled over and cody led the rest of the way.

this was my first "intact" indian ruin i had ever seen.  it was incredible.

to think, life happened long long ago there.  my mind was blown.  experiencing history is priceless.

pieces of POTTERY!  but really, mind blowing.

don't i look right at home?  

i think my hispanic blood has some native american blood mixed in there too.

cedar mesa, utah part one

i've never been on a trip that i didn't know the people i was going with.

gordon and i were invited by steve and teressa to join them on a southern utah adventure.

gordon met steve and teressa on a "freeze your tail off" toyota trip a while back and received an email from steve inviting us on some trips this year with him and a group of other people.  the first trip: cedar mesa.

without hesitation, we jumped at the chance to go!

we arrived pretty late on friday night.  luckily we weren't trying to find a camping spot and steve had rented a loft in blanding, utah.  the loft was awesome!  very nice inside, equipped with two bathrooms, x-box connect, big ol' kitchen, and beds enough to sleep 12!

this is the loft...i swear to you it's much nicer inside.

we'd like to go back down there and stay with our family...especially since little man and little miss facetimed us saturday morning.  we took them on a visual tour.  there was lots of oooing and awwwing going on.

the owner of the loft giving us some great tips on where to begin our day.  he was super nice and helpful.

i may have been one of the only adults to ride the tire zip line.

i may or may not have done so multiple times and screamed each time. 

life is about adventure!

adams canyon waterfall - layton, utah

trekked new territory this weekend.

halfway up gordon said "i think we took a wrong turn and may be headed to the peak" because it was getting very steep.

turns out we were on the right trail all along.

 it was just a bit more intense that we had planned.

nothing too crazy though.

and the frozen waterfall was breathtaking.  and cold (i got a little too close).

over the weekend...

a fun and busy weekend!  

on friday night we went with gordon's cousin willie to the temple.  he is leaving to serve an LDS mission next month.  we were so happy we were able to be there to support him.  and we had never been to the jordan river temple before so that was a bonus.

then on saturday my sister and i purchased our sundance film festival tickets.  this year we're attending some events in park city.  we're super stoked!
and then we attend gordon's brother, matt, gender reveal party.  they are having a little girl, who they will name charlotte, due in june.  we are so excited to meet her and can't wait to be her favorite aunt and uncle.

wheatgrass canyon - ogden valley

another day, another adventure.

this time we took the pooches.

it was their first time snow hiking.

we're pretty sure they loved it.

donut falls - big cottonwood canyon, utah

ringing in the new year snow shoe style. let the adventures begin!