Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Round 2, Zion's National Park - Emerald Pools

Kevin's parents (Bob and Valene), his sister Karlene, brother Steve and his wife Valerie and son Kyle, and other sister Kara and her husband Brett and their son Carter, and we all went for a hike on Friday. We hiked a trail called the Emerald Pools. We actually made it all the way to the upper pool. It took us about 3 hours. It was a toddler's pace!

Here we are at the start of the hike. Pretty much up hill the whole way!

Kevin taking a break to help Jane and Carter climb up a big rock. Carter has precious pennies in his pocket. He was making sure they were still there. Jane is pointing to me. A trick to get her to look at the camera.

Here is one of the waterfalls. If you look closely you can see Kevin and Jane at the bottom of the picture.



Here's the whole gang. From back to front Valene, Valerie, Kyle, Steve, Karlene, Brett, Bob, Carter, and Kara.




A little family shot. Jane was oh so enthused. She really wanted to walk, but we really wanted to get back to the car!


These next 2 shots are Kevin's hard work and determination. This first one was the best of about 10 shots devoted to Kevin and Jane and the scenery. I loved them all. I wondered why they were lagging behind. The pictures tell it all. Jane needed to collect sticks and was very excited to show them off!


Yes, I am in this picture. Click on the picture to see a bigger version. It's amazing how massive the rocks/mountains are.


I'm in this picture too. I was having fun posing for Kevin. Alice was asleep through it all.







This however, has to be one of my favorite pictures from the whole trip. It just makes me laugh when I think about it. This is another attempt by Kevin to capture Jane's cute face and the scenery around them, but he forgot the camera was on zoom. I like to add my own commentary. From Kevin's point of view, "So here's me hiking in Zion's. Isn't it beautiful? Oh yeah, I look pretty good too!"

It's back to the car. A peaceful finish to a long hike. I thought it was so sweet to capture Bob and Valene walking hand in hand.

1 comment:

Heather said...

I can't believe you guys did that hike with kids! It did look like it was fun though.