For Posterity: Christmas 2011 - Snow Canyon Hike

Continuing on with Christmas 2011, my grandpa, who has led hikes in Southern Utah for as long as I can remember, took our family on a short hike in Snow Canyon State Park. Todd said he especially enjoyed it because, although he has been on a lot of hikes in Southern Utah, he has never had a guide with him to talk about the rock formations and native wildlife.

 Here is Daniel, at the top of the world:

 Me, Dan, Uncle Jeff:

 Here, Angie joins Grandpa in telling us about the birdlife:

At some point, and for some reason I can't remember right now, our family was split into two groups and we met up mid-hike. Here we are, reuniting and stopping for a food break:

And dumping excessive amounts of sand out of our shoes...oh, right, that was just me:

 This is a cool juxtaposition of the sandstone on one side of the trail and the lava rock on the other:

 The following photos show that my brothers like to climb things...and pose:

Here is the whole group just underneath some pioneer names written on the rock:

 And these are just some fun little peepholes nearby:

Sorry, for the bad storytelling. (At this rate, I may as well go back to showing pictures of the different rooms in our apartment) I'll try to ramp up the humor in the next post...and not write two in a row.