St. George and Zion's: The "Rock Stars"

As if no one could tell that we were in St. George for a few days. We decided to visit my wonderful grandparents and see a few national parks and enjoy some warmer weather. It was a really nice respite. We got to take the kids to a park OUTSIDE without freezing to death! Yea!!! :) (Sadly, I forgot the camera on that outing...) We spent 2 hours there and the kids ran and ran and ran! What fun!

We also got to visit Zion's National Park. We did get some fun pictures, but we spent most of our trip inside the car since it was super cold, raining, and windy. Oh well. By the time we were ready to leave, we got some sunshine, so Dev and I left the van for a few minutes with the kids and tried to walk down a trail, but it ended up being too muddy. But, the kids enjoyed being outside. So, here are a few picture momentos of our quick drive through Zion's:

Josh is ready to go...with his belt over the top of his clothes in order to hold his keys... :)


I will mostly just let the pictures tell the story, but I'll add a few little notes as you go through your picture tour of Zions...

We took my parent's giant Chevy van down so we could fit massive amounts of people wherever we went... :) It looks like a Hot Wheels vehicle in front of those mountains!!!




Some cute kiddie Candids:








Zion's in all her majesty:







The three Patriarchs: Named for Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob!


A Super cool mile long tunnel! My great grandfather helped build this tunnel! (We had to go straight up a mountain via some crazy switchbacks and I think my grandmother and I were both hyperventilating by the time we reached the top!!! And talk about suffocation as you thought about the rest of the mountain that you were going UNDER....)



A window in the tunnel...pretty scary! We were up SO HIGH!!! (Kind of blurry...but you get the idea...)



Dev-n-Em:


So long, Zion's! :)





After Zion's, we HAD to stop at In-N-Out Burger in Washington City...Mmmmm...