THE REDD FAMILY

April 05, 2011

The Emerald Pools

We trekked to the lower, middle and upper emerald pools. That was quite a misnomer as they were decidedly brown. But it was a fun hike. This shot is from the middle pools.

Love!

Joy!

Contentment!

The upper falls

Looking Up

A pause to rest- but we still aren't done- one more hiking to go.

Weeping Rock

Right next to the Hidden Canyon hike is a short little jaunt to Weeping rock.

It is always neat to get behind a waterfall.

In the afternoon sun the mist feels delightful.

Of course, ice cream cones and slushies taste delightful too.

Looks like we are ready for some more hiking! Lets go!

Day 2 started out with a hike up Hidden Canyon. I dropped my camera lid on the shuttle- so I was waiting for it to come back around when I saw our next door neighbors get off a shuttle. Crazy small world.

Dad and Brigham were the kid carrying champs. I was so grateful to have such a big son to help carry the load. He was so awesome to help out without any complaining.

This was a gorgeous hike.

It was a beautiful canyon with lots of scrambling and just enough danger to make it exciting.

I love this contrast of the dry red rock and the moss covered rock right across from each other.

Dad said to Kai- Isn't this beautiful!?! To which Kai replied- This is awesome! Girls are beautiful!

This is the scary/exhilarating part. We climbed around this narrow cliff ledge with a metal chain to keep us aloft.

I am so glad the little ones were tied down in those backpacks.

Yeah! It was exciting alright!

The views were soooo amazing! After this hike Brigham decided he wanted to make it a yearly tradition. It was just so delightful in every way!

Camping

We camped out for three of our four nights. It got down to 20 degrees one night and that was cold. Everyone was warm but me though. The other nights it was 30 degrees and that seemed down right balmy!

It was a beautiful camping spot. Right next to a river, lots of trees and these gorgeous mountains all around.

"All things denote there is a God; yea, even the earth, and all things that are upon the face of it, yea, and its motion, yea, and also all the planets which move in their regular form do witness that there is a Supreme Creator" Alma 30:44

April 04, 2011

Zions National Park- Angel's Landing

For Spring Break this year we headed down to Zion's National Park. We went for a visit at the perfect time of year. Warm, sunny days and cool breezes. Perfect for hiking. Which we did a lot of - 22 miles in 4 days.

Our first day we hit Angel's Landing.

After a pretty strenuous climb you hit these- Walter's Wiggles. The above picture doesn't do it justice...

But this one does!!! It's actually not that bad. At the top of this is Scout's Lookout where Kai and Elaina and I took a rest while the rest of the crew went on to tackle.....

THIS!!- Angle's Landing. Named thus because they thought only an angel could get there by landing on it. The narrow ridge you see has drop off of 1500 ft on one side and 800 feet on the other. It is not for the faint of heart. But it is a thrill!!!

We saw many adults who wouldn't dare attempt it- but our six year old Kaleb did.

Of course he had a very able-bodied assistant.

At the top- an angel really has landed.

The view from the top was breath-taking. Really if you look over the side too far- you felt your breath taken away! :) It was definitely an adrenaline rush.

Seth found a nice resting spot- never mind the enormous drop offs on either side. This is the chain that helped you along most of the trail. I can't imagine what it was like for the workmen to install. Scary!

After crew #1 got back down Brig, Seth and I headed up for my turn. There were times I considered turning around. It wasn't bad heading up but thinking about going down it for some reason was getting to me. My boys would have nothing to do with it as they kept pushing me onward and upward. I am so glad they did. It was Spectacular!