Zion National Park is one of my favorite places on earth. When we drive there, I can feel myself becoming a bit calmer and more at ease, the closer we get. Something about that place just speaks good things to my soul.
Last week, We had the chance to go there with some of Caleb's family do hike that Caleb had gone and tried out with several friends a few weeks before. It is a difficulty hike that requires a permit, and do to Caleb's careful study of the trends of the permit process, he was able to score two this summer.
The first time he went, along with several other guys, he took our friends the Newlands, so that they could help him navigate the climbs and repelling portions. Needless to say, that out of the over 600 pictures that the group of 6 men took, there wasn't much that actually showed us the challenges that we would be up against on the hike... Turns out that is probably a good thing, since I don't think I could have convinced both of my sister-in-laws to come if they had known exactly what we would be dealing with. Our group consisted of Caleb, Me, Jeff (C's Dad), Crystal and Rich (C's sister and hubby), and Nathan and Stacy (C's brother and wife).
In the end, we all survived, and also conquered some fears and showed strength and ability. While, I didn't go into this with any specific fears, like swimming or repelling, it was still fun for me to do something that challenged me, and a type of hike that I have never done before.
We were colder than we would have ever thought possible in Southern Utah in August, and when the wind picked up, we used up a lot of energy just violently shivering. This is the moment that the wind started in full force... luckily we still had the warmest and driest half of the hike to go.
The slide show is long, so congrats if you made it all the way through, but it does show some fabulous moments and some great memories. We were so blessed to have a wonderful Grandma and Aunt Rachel and Uncle Brennan who were willing to care of all 9 of the kids while we were gone.
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