Bryce Camping Trip

Bryce was a ton of fun! It was all of us except Erik, who didn't want to go.  He ended up keeping an eye on the dogs though, which was great of him.  We camped at the Ruby's Inn campground.  The fam got there in the afternoon, but I had to work a full day (24th of July is a state holiday) so we got there around 9:30 and ate burgers and sat around the campfire. 

Saturday morning we got up and drove into the park.  The four of us kids rode in the back of the pickup truck - dad insisted that we sit on the camp chairs though, which was comfortable, but made somewhat of a spectacle, ha.  The four campchairs were set up facing each other, we rode hillbilly-style.

Al & Danielle.

This is the RV that pulled up real close so they could take a picture of us, then fell back again.

Geoff, Danielle, and Mom

We met a ranger on this hike who happened to walk by right when we were feeding a peanut to a chipmunk - which we're not supposed to do.  She was funny - she walked up to the chipmonk and told it it got lucky this time and that people weren't supposed to feed him.  After she left Geoff called her the chipmunk-whisperer.

A way cool hike

It's my favorite hike, but I think we started at the "wrong" end - I looked up at about 20 switchbacks staring me in the face and wanted to die.  I made it though, barely.  Alison hiked with me.

We had so much fun, shopping at the gift/ice cream shops, making fires, etc. The second night at ten they had a pretty big fireworks show, in honor of the 24th.  We all sat in the back of the truck and watched.  Also, mom made delicious dutch-oven beef stew - yummy!  We sat around the fire and played the "if and then" game, which was hilarious, and drew pictures of each other's faces and tried to guess who it was and who drew it.  And Geoff was sweet enough to get up with me in the dead of night and walk to the bathroom, and never even complained.  Also we heard this creepy coyote pack, like, ransacking a nearby camp in the middle of the night, ha.  Alison mimicked the narrator from "Scariest Places On Earth"... Bryce Canyon.  It was funny.

Anyway, it's been so long since I've done something like that with the family, and enjoyed it so much! I hope we get to do more stuff together soon!