ARCHES: DAY TWO

DAY TWO

We started the day with a delicious breakfast at the Moab Diner.  I think that was my favorite place we ate the entire trip!  We had yummy pancakes and french toast, then drove to Canyonlands!

The girls loved being able to run around on their own on this trip, 

but we did end up with lots of scraped knees!

Our secret to getting our girls to sit on our laps for a family photo:

Trail mix!  Makes for an awesome photo prop, ha!

Aaron was having a "Lion King" proud dad moment.

"Can I get a refill over here?"

After lunch in Moab we headed back into Arches 

to check out the visitor's center and go on a few more hikes. 

The next hike we went on was called "Windows"

and was a great length for the girls, under half a mile.

Then we went over to "Sand Dune Arch." 

This was on the top of my list of things to do in Arches.  

I remember going here with friends and thought it was a cool place. 

  Basically it's an arch with a sand dune underneath it.  

We took little plastic cups from our hotel to use as scoops and the girls had a blast.  

I think we were cleaning sand out of our shoes and clothes for the rest of the trip!

 Laney pouring sand all over herself

  

Our last hike for the night was the longest hike we took on the trip.  "Delicate Arch," the famous Utah arch that you see on all the license plates.  I think it took Aaron about an hour to hike up to it - he was hustlin' to get to the top before the sun went down.  He had Ria on his shoulders and left me and Laney in the dust pretty quickly.  I was already pregnant and Laney was not being as cooperative, so we didn't quite make it to the top, but still had a fun hike of our own.

All of these photos were taken by my talented husband:

Ria having a graham cracker snack.

I don't remember exactly what happened to her sweatshirt, I think it got wet or something.  So she's wearing my sweatshirt tied up in the back and sleeves rolled up.  Classy.

 Moses

It was looking like it would storm so Aaron started hiking back down; he didn't want to have to hike in the dark, and the sun peeked out for just a few minutes on his way back down the trail.