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| Caleb |
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| Gage |
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| The whole family, ready to start hiking! |
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| Gibson in North Window |
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| Brady and Caleb taking a rest at South Window |
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| Gibson, mom and Gage at South Window |
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| Gibson in front of Turret Arch |
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| Gibson, mom and Gage at Turret Arch |
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| Turret Arch - perhaps my favorite picture from the trip! I love the contrast of the red rock, blue sky and white clouds! |
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| South and North Windows - as seen from the backside. |
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| I think we missed most of the desert flowers in bloom, but we still managed to find a few. |
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| Gibson overlooking the valley from the backside of the Windows Section. |
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| Double Arch (Indiana Jones filmed here). |
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| We ate our lunch in the shade of Double Arch. |
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| A view of the top of Double Arch |
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| Gibson, our little monkey! He climbed all over the place at Double Arch. |
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| We got into the Park early one day so we could hike up to Delicate Arch while it was still not TOO hot. Here's dad and Caleb taking a break in the little bit of shade that there is on the trail. |
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| Mom and Gage taking a water break, too. |
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| We made it! |
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| Gage was mad because he was on his leash and he just wanted to be able to run around by himself! |
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| Caleb! |
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| Gibson hiked down to the Arch |
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| And he hiked anywhere else we would let him! |
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| We wore the boys out! Gage fell asleep on the way back down the trail! |
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| And Caleb fell asleep in the car shortly after! |
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| Gage LOVED, LOVED, LOVED Sand Dune Arch! |
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| Caleb wanted NOTHING to do with the sand and sat on my lap the entire time! |
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| Gibson and Gage played in the sand for a long time! |
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| Gage was covered in sand from head to toe! Look at that face! |
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| Playing in the sand.... |
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| .... and running in the sand! So much fun! |
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| Brady, Gage, Gibson, Christen & Caleb in front of Sand Dune Arch. |
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| This hike is one of my favorites! It is so quiet (if you can avoid the herds of Europeans getting on the tour bus), peaceful and beautiful! |
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| Since it is a "one-way" hike, Brady, Gibson and Caleb started and one end... |
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| ...and mom and Gage started at the other end. When we met in the middle, we passed off car keys. |
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| Three Gossips |
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| Caleb, mom, Gage and Gibson at Balanced Rock |
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| The boys loved this hike because we actually let them walk by themselves! |
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| Caleb going up to Balanced Rock! |
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| Gage running down the path! |
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| Caleb and Daddy! |
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| My 3 hiking boys! |
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| Mommy and Caleb at Balanced Rock |
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| A beautiful view of The Fiery Furnace. Unfortunately, we couldn't hike it this year. It would have been impossible with the backpacks on. |
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| We let the boys hike by themselves on this trail, too. (After 3 days of heavy hiking, our shoulders were killing us!) |
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| We went as far as Pine Tree Arch. This is Gibson on the inside wall of the Arch. |
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| Caleb scrambled up the side of the Arch, too! |
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| After a hot day of hiking, the pool was always a must in the afternoon! Here's dad and Gage, our little fish! |
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| Gibson and Gage |
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| Gage, Gibson and Caleb |
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| Dad and Caleb |
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| We did other stuff besides hiking - like go out to eat. This night, Gage actually fell asleep at the table in the restaurant! |
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| The bridge over the Colorado River |
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| Gibson standing in the Colorado River |
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| Gage trying on mom's shoes in the trailer! |
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| Out for ice cream - MMMM! |
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| Gibson's bed! Since the twins sleep out in the main area of the trailer, we squeeze Gibson onto the floor in our bedroom. What a cozy bed! |
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| We were fortunate enough to be in Moab during the rare eclipse! The eclipse left these awesome shadows on our trailer!; |
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| You can see the effect of the eclipse on our shadows, too. |
