Monday, September 13, 2010

Happy birthday to me!

Chance and I decided to celebrate my 22nd birthday by going on a weekend camping trip to Zion National Park. Neither of us had been before and we absolutely loved it! So so beautiful!


We found a great little campsite and went on some amazing hikes! As soon as we set up our tent we headed off to hike Angel's Landing. The last half mile of the hike you are holding on to chains climbing some steep cliffs with drop offs like you wouldn't believe!


Starting the chains...


This is the last portion of the hike and at the tip top is the end, the view was quite spectacular up there.


We made it!


We finished off the day hiking to Emerald Pools, everything in the park is just so beautiful. 


Saturday morning we packed breakfast (thanks Meg and Mom for the AMAZING granola) and went to hike Hidden Canyon bright and early. We were the only ones on the trail!


Chance slipped off one of the edges here and was yelling for my help, but I had to grab the camera to take a quick photo of the view before I helped him up. Luckily he held on!


Alive and strong as ever!


Hidden Canyon had some chains too, but nothing as crazy as Angels Landing. It was so cool being the only ones on the mountain! We packed up Saturday and spent the rest of the weekend in Hurricane with Chance's cousin Brittany and her wonderful family. We hung out by the pool, ate some In-N-Out, and had fun with their cute kids. Thanks Brittany and Jeremy! Anyways we had a beautiful weekend and are excited for a new week.

3 comments:

EmylovePaul said...

ohh I love Angel's Landing! Paul and I were able to hike it, and it is beautiful. Glad you got to do it - and for such a fun occasion! Hope you got my VM - Happy birthday lovey!

Cindy Brink said...

These pictures are fantastic!!!! I'm so glad you didn't lose Chance on that hike! Can't wait to see you guys in a couple of weeks-maybe a family hike is in store.....

Chelsey said...

How Fun! Happy Birthday, well a while ago! Looks like awesome hiking.