Dunk Road Trip Day 8: Zion and Grand Canyon Day 1

We drove from Cedar City, UT to the Grand Canyon in one long day. Our route took us right through Zion National Park, where we took two mini hikes and drove through a mile long tunnel through the mountains. Beautiful.

Day Eight Highlights:

ZION NATIONAL PARK!

DRIVING TOWARDS THE ZION MOUNTAINS

GORGEOUS ZION

HIKING ON THE RIVER ROCKS

RED ROCK HIKING

THE FAMILY ON THE ROCKS

ROB ON THE RED ROCK

ALEX ON THE RED ROCK

GRACIE ON THE ROCKS

ALEXANDER

HAPPY HIKING GIRL

FINALLY, THE GRAND CANYON

CAMERA GIRL

FIRST VIEW OF THE CANYON

THE GRAND CANYON WATCHTOWER

THE STEPPING STONE KIDS

Dunk Road Trip Day 7: Bryce Canyon

We drove through beautiful Bryce Canyon National Park on our way to Cedar City today. The main attractions in Bryce are the hoodoos, which are tall slender rock formations that are present by the thousands all over the park. We stopped at a roadside viewpoint and hiked down about 1/2 a mile into a canyon. The hoodoo views were amazing. It was only after we had finished the hike that we discovered we had accidentaly been hiking on a closed trail. No wonder it was so quiet and peaceful.

Day Seven Highlights:

BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK

SCARY BOY

TREE AND BLUE SKY

HIKING BRYCE CANYON

AMAZING CANYON

HOODOOS

BEAUTIFUL BRYCE CANYON

FAMILY AT BRYCE

Dunk Road Trip Day 6: Driving to Provo

We spent the entire day driving from Jackson to Provo. There was a lot of car time and we suffered through rush hour traffic in Salt Lake City, but we did find a fun little rest stop in Idaho where we streched our legs. There was a large steep grassy hill which prompted many trips sliding and rolling down for Gracie and Alex. Rob even gave it a try! We also hiked on a little trail around some lava formations. Hot but fun.

Day Six Highlights:

SLIDING DOWN THE HILL

GO GRACIE!

GO ALEX!

GO DADDY!

LAVA ROCKS

HIKING THROUGH THE LAVA ROCKS

Dunk Road Trip Day 5: Tetons and Jackson

We left Yellowstone early on our 5th day, and enjoyed a relaxing drive through the Grand Teton National Park. The Tetons are amazing mountains. They jut up out of the landscape without any foothills to mask the view of the peaks. In the late afternoon we arrived in Jackson, where we had a blast shopping for cowboy hats. We also enjoyed an old west show at the Jackson Playhouse, where the kids sat on horse saddles during dinner. Old west fun!

Day Five Highlights:

THE TETONS!

MAJESTIC TETONS

ON TOP OF THE TETONS

GRACIE AND TEDDY

DADDY AND GRACIE AND THE TETONS

JENNY LAKE

JACKSON TOWN SQUARE ANTLER ARCH

IN THE BEAR CHAIR

THE OUTLAWS

COWGIRL GRACIE

COWBOY ALEX

GRACIE GIRL

ALEXANDER

MAMA AND THE COWBOYS

SADDLE UP!

Dunk Road Trip Day 4: Yellowstone

I loved Yellowstone, from the white capped Big Horn mountains to the bubbling sulpher pools. Our first stop was the Buffalo Bill Dam, an unexpected little destination on the road towards Yellowstone. We spent the majority of the rest of the day driving through the eastern part of the park, stopping to climb on the snow covered mountains, to hike at a very cool waterfall, and to eat lunch at Lake Yellowstone Lodge. Our destination in the park was a little cabin 1/4 mile from Old Faithful. We faithfully watched Old Faithful spurt and took a two mile hike around the sulpher pits.

Day Four Highlights:

OUR FIRST STOP OF THE DAY - BUFFALO BILL DAM

HEADING TO THE DAM

VIEW OF THE DAM

DAM WATER

WINDY AT THE DAM

BEAUTIFUL WYOMING

YELLOWSTONE!

BIG HORN MOUNTAINS

HIKING IN THE SNOW!

WATERFALL

HIKING AT THE FALLS

LAKE YELLOWSTONE LODGE PORCH

WAITING FOR OLD FAITHFUL

HERE'S OLD FAITHFUL!

SULPHER POOL

HIKING FUN?

WE FOUR