Pioneer Register Hike...

After we got Jacob a new hat, we headed on to the Pioneer Register Hike.  This is just a "walk" down between two high canyon walls.  Way up high, are pioneers' names that they have engraved into the wall.  Some with the dates. We don't know how they got up there that high!  A lot of them are still legible and it is fun to see them.  Jacob walked with me for part of it, that was fun!  The boys usually like to stay right with Mom.  It was a short hike (walk) and then we headed back to our campground for some more river play (rock collecting) and dinner.  Amanda made us foil chicken dinners.  Pretty good stuff!  I like having someone else do all the work and cooking! It was beautiful watching the sunset on the beautiful red rocks/cliffs.  Some of it looks real golden too.  Amanda had a hard time getting the boys to sleep as it was still very light even by 8:30 and 9:00.  David kept us company while she got Jacob down.  She had to put them to bed one at a time, but it finally happened.  Here's a "few" more pictures of our day in beautiful Capitol Reef.

 

Loa, Torrey and Capitol Reef...

Sunday afternoon we headed for Wayne County.  One of my favorite spots on earth!  We stopped in Loa to visit my Aunt Beverly and Uncle Dudley.  We took a tour of the "workshop" which is a huge garage building that holds their tractor and "stuff."  Uncle Dudley is retired from ranching so it's more of a storage place now, but he loved showing it off and we had fun seeing it.  Especially the little boys!  Then we drove on down the road a few more miles to Torrey and Aunt Lew's house.  She and Curtis put us up for the night.  We had fun visiting there too!  Aunt Lew babysits her 2 year old great-grandson so she had fun toys that the boys played with.  They especially loved the power wheels!  Aunt Beverly followed us over so she, Aunt Lew and I could go over Grandma and Grandpa's history that I have been working on.  Trying to get it done in time for our reunion and could not finish it without their valuable help!  We had a great evening! Aunt Lew had made a yummy Rasberry Ice cream treat that little David had 3 servings of!  He kept saying, "I love this!" I think Aunt Lew was pleased.  Amanda and Dave got up early Monday next morning and drove into Capitol Reef to get us a camping spot.  They picked out a good one!  Of course it's very scenic everywhere in the park, but we think our spot was the best.  It was right by a small river and a HUGE tree we called the "Winnie the Pooh Tree."  There was a big hole in it where Pooh could for sure fit and get his honey!  The river was shallow and had tons of rocks in the bottom that the boys loved picking out the pretties ones (we have quite a collection!).  Amanda and Dave came back to get us and we set up camp.  Then we went to the visitor center and off to our first hike!  We hiked to Hickman Bridge.  It was a warm day, but the hike was great.  Very scenic and not too hard.  Of course we stop a lot for quick drinks and short rests.  I loved seeing all the layers and colors of rock, and of course flowers growing in the sandy, desert-like place.  Pictures don't do it justice, but we really enjoyed the hike and there are a ton of pictures to prove it.  After we got back to the parking lot, Amanda was trying to help Jacob go potty in those stinky pit toilets..she held him up in front of it and he promptly dropped his head and his cute little hat went right down the hole!  Neither of them were very happy when they came out of that stinky place!  So we went back to the visitor's center and bought him a new hat before our next hike (that hike will be in the next post.)

Hickman Bridge