Mike and the girls in front of the Bryce Canyon entrance sign.
The girls loved Bryce. Katelyn called the formations "castles." It is an absolutely beautiful place. Breath-taking would be a good term to use also. We stayed in Bryce only for only the day. The next day, Friday, we started the drive down to Williams, Arizona. We stayed in Williams that night. The girls went swimming and ran around and had fun. Saturday morning we boarded the "Grand Canyon Express." It is a 2 1/2 hour train ride that takes you into the Grand Canyon. We got to the Canyon around lunch time. The Grand Canyon is surreal. It is so massive that it really looks like all the pictures that you have seen. We just spent a few hours walking around there. I am not much of a hiker (not since all the hikes we did for Girls' Camp) and we have small children, so really exploring it did not appeal to me that much. The funniest thing was an Asian tourist that approached us, amazed by the amount of children that we had. Much more by the fact that they are all girls. He asked if he could take our picture. I said sure, why not. His friend joined him and also took one. Obviously he needed to go further north and into Utah. He would go crazy taking pictures of the hug families. I should have suggested he visit Temple Square. ;) Any hoo, we enjoyed the Grand Canyon and boarded the train and headed back to Williams. The kids were exhausted by the end of the day. We said good-bye to Jake and Kitty on Sunday morning and headed home. The kids still had Monday off before they headed back to school on Tuesday, so they had a day to relax before school. And they needed it!
The girls in front of the spectacular view!
Katelyn taking a break from walking and getting a ride on Daddy's shoulders.
The girls and Mike in front of one of the cars of the train that we rode on.
It was a great trip and we were glad that Grandpa Jake and Grandma Kitty were able to join us! I think they got to know the girls better on an individual basis. There is also another National Park that is off the list of "Parks we need to visit!"
2 comments:
Mini-vacations sound so fun. I will for sure need to start doing that. Glad you had a great time.
Wow what a fun little vacation, sounds better than the one we had recently!! The girls are growing up so much, can't believe it every time I see pictures of them!!
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