Last leg.....

of the trip we took a few weeks ago....After Kat and Chris' wedding in Heber, Utah we drove to Moab, Utah where our friends Mat and Mel live.  We met them in Green River, on the Green River because they had been at a hippie festival there all weekend and didn't want to leave - I don't blame them.  They gave us directions back into this canyon - driving around this area of Utah is always mind-blowing ....the photos never do it justice, but we try.....

 

In Moab we spent the two days there going to National Parks (Arches and Canyonlands) so we could get Siler's National Park passport stamped and so we could see some beautiful scenery with her before she is old enough to complain about how boring it is......We did not do a whole lot of walking, more viewing from the car - the sun in the desert is intense folks.....I was also still a little sick and we kept waking Siler up to wander around and after a little while she got annoyed with that.  It was still so fun to go to the parks.  I don't think I had ever been to Canyonlands and it had been a long time since either Parrish or I had been to Arches so that was really cool. Mat and Mel both had to work during the day so we'd catch up with them at night.  Wish that happened more often.

We have really got to work on our family portraits, so far most of them look like they should be on the bad family photos website......they mostly just make me laugh and then I laugh harder when I think of Siler looking back on these one day.

View of the La Sals in Arches National Park

Balance Rock!

If you look closely you can see Parrish and Siler being risky and standing under balance rock.

How to walk in the desert with a baby....

Double arch

On to Canyonlands National Park

We only went to the "Island in the Sky" section of Canyonlands but its like a mini Grand Canyon.  Who knew? Amazing.

Just hanging out in a tree - she's already a climber!

Getting better....

You can see a dirt road that goes about 100 miles.  It's a two day trip through the desert in a jeep.  Sounds pretty cool.  We didn't see any jeeps on the road while we were there....

 This is where I start getting tired of photos.....

"Woman, beer and a baby by the Green River at sunset"

 Siler and Finnegan, Mel and Mats dog.

 Got to the airport in plenty of time to make the flight home....it was a little nerve racking since we left from Moab at 7 am, returned the car in Salt Lake City then went to the airport, but we did it!