Utah

We drove to Moab from Salt Lake City on Monday 8/25 and then back to SLC on Friday 8/29. What a great trip! We spent most of our time at Arches National Park, with a one day excursion to Canyonlands. Mick had a blast! He loved hiking, especially the hikes that had stairs as he grunted with each step for comedic affect. heh heh. That's my boy.
Here we are standing in North Window Arch. It looks more daunting than it is; however, Mick certainly wanted to continue through the arch. Scotty and I had a difference of opinion with the Mickster. This lead to a meltdown....or three. We thought saving his life was worth the occasional meltdown. (am I being too dramatic?!)That's North Window Arch in the background and our little independent hiker in the foreground. :)

Balanced Rock at sunset. I'm pretty psyched about this shot. We stumbled upon this amazing sunset. The dark overcast sky in the east and the clear blue sky with the sun setting in the west made for amazing light.

Mick and his papa taking a rest with Turret Arch in the background. Mick is working on a lollipop which made him a happy hiker. He would not let go of that thing. It was pretty impressive!

Several hundred pictures in we realized that we didn't have any together. We took this one ourselves and still never got one of the three of us together. Next time....

Double Arch. That's Mick and I at the bottom. I ended up climbing up into that arch on the left and then dropping the camera battery (through it) to the other side. oops. I had to do a little hike to retrieve the battery which scared the husband a bit. I don't like scarin' the husband, but I must admit that that little hike was exhilarating!!

Our last sunset at Balanced Rock and Mick took this shot! Juuuuust kiddin'. We asked someone to help us out.