Spring Break Trip to Goblin Valley

We had a fun spring break this year.  I finally sprung for a pass to Thanksgiving Point, so we went there two days in a row.  Then we took a little trip to Goblin Valley.  We stopped and spent a night with Alan's sister Amanda and her husband Todd and their kids on the way.  It was super fun to hang out with them.

This is the second spring break in a row that we went to Goblin Valley.  Our kids loved playing in the "goblins," and I had fun trying some new hikes that we didn't do last year.  ("Fun" is a little bit of a relative term for someone who is 26 weeks preggo...)

We stayed in one of the yurts again this year.  Totally rocked!--especially when it rained one of the nights we were there

 The first day we hiked a trail called Carmel Canyon, which was short but pretty cool.  We also hiked with Curtis cousins to the top of a butte by our campground.

Jared is mid-cough in this picture.

 Jared had had a pretty bad cough for 2 1/2 weeks before this trip.  It developed into an ear infection while were there.  Poor kid.  I had children's ibuprofen to give him for pain, but he had to wait until we got home Saturday evening for a prescription.  He was a trooper.

Evy all tuckered out.  Doesn't look very comfortable.

Maggie, Uncle Matt, and cousins exiting a little tunnel

Nice, Jared

 That evening we spent some time playing hide-and-seek and other games with cousins in the goblins.  The kids had a blast.

The next day we hiked Little Wild Horse Canyon, which we did last year, too.  It was such a fun hike for everyone.

Jared and Maggie with cousin Scott

 Some great views of the wind-y and skinny canyons we had to climb through.

 Our final morning we hiked to the Goblin's Lair, a big cave.  There was a cool mini-cave inside that you could explore for a bit.  I'm glad we brought flashlights.

At the top of Goblin's Lair before we hiked down

Alan in the mini-cave

An attempt at a family photo.  I'm in hardly any of these pictures, ha ha, which is probably a  good thing considering my growing belly 

It was such a fun trip and we are looking forward to going back sometime.