Our Fabulous Trip to Green River

Green River aka paradise. Hahaha. If you've been there you'll know why that's funny. My family decided to take a little camping trip over the weekend and we decided to join them. I guess it was a fun way to celebrate Randon's birthday. He is a true country boy and uses any excuse to get out of the city. It was our first little trip with Easton and I was a little nervous to see how he would do in the car and at night and such. He was a little champ. He did very well in the car considering how much we were in it and slept so-so. Anyway, we rolled into Green River and Randon said it reminded him of the town in "Cars", in the middle of the desert and all run down.  Here you can see our campground we often referred to as paradise...beeeautiful.

The first day we were there, we drove out to Goblin Valley, another long drive. Mind you, I think I was sick with something because I got carsick every time we got in the car, so that was pretty fun. Goblin Valley was pretty cool. I think Easton loved being outside walking around. Since he has been born there hasn't been much warm weather, so he hasn't had much outside fun, so this was great.

Here we have Easton having fun exploring with dad.

And of course here is the rock Randon lovingly named Flabby Bum Rock.

I stayed back with Easton for the next hike which was through a slot canyon.  A good thing I guess...I probably would have had a heart attack if I saw Randon doing this... apparently this was pretty high. Freestyle climbing like this is safe he tells me. Right.

The next day we headed out again, this time to Capitol Reef. Sweet. Another long drive. This was pretty cool, we saw the orchards in the little establishment of Fruita. There was this little old home where Easton had his first experience with a horse. I can't wait for Randon to teach Easton all about horses...hopefully Bob, his horse, can hold out for a few years. :) 

We went on a fun hike down a canyon and saw some petroglyphs the Fremont Indians had carved on the stone. There was also a Pioneer registry where those who passed through would carve their name and date in the rock. Pretty cool. Thats what the pic below is...

All in all it was a fun little getaway. Sorry for the long post! It made us excited for summer with the little sunshine we got!