Riding in Kanab

We have been doing driving done to Kanab to visit Bry's friends Tony & Linda Wright.  They are wonderful people who treat us like family! 

This year we only had Slayder, Drake, Chloe and Seth:

This is the structure called Molly's Nipple:

The boys couldn't wait to climb all over it!  The left arrow, up highest is Drake and the right arrow down below is Dan.  I don't know who this poor Molly was but she got pee'd on this trip!

The weather was wonderful and the blue skies were breathtaking!

I had just gotten the rhino I was driving stuck and Dan had to come to my rescue.

Bry popped the bead off his front tire and it took them an hour to get it fixed:

While we waited we snacked

And Slayder let me take this rare photo of him ~ he is so camera shy!

This was just after we took our helmets off after a full day of riding. 

Crazy hair and dirt mustaches!

Dan rode the dirtbike today and was almsot of gas when he decided to go back to the trucks on his own.  We didn't see him again for hours.  I was nervous the entire time we drove all over the place.  I am terrified that I will make a mistake and wreck the machine or the kids I have with me!!!

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Saturday in Kanab

This boy love, love, loves Grandpa's Rhino. If we stopped to hike or explore the indian ruins he was usually in this spot ~ the drivers seat! Why do boys have to have their own soundtrack, that is playing All Of The Time???

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How the West Was Lost!

We had so much fun at Tony's Dutch Oven Cookout and Western Movie Set. There was a tour bus of tourists from San Fransisco and Hong Kong that were so fun to act along with. We made a pretend movie with Saloon girls, Coyotes, Soldiers and Indians. Seth really got into shooting his dad, the chief!

Tony is the cowboy on the far left in the back row of the picture above. He is so awesome! There are so many trails and with Tony as our fearless leader, we were always safe and in good hands. {I also took comfort in the fact that his wife Linda was riding on the back of his four wheeler!} I wonder how he knows which path to take and which turn to bypass ~ it must be his love for this beautiful part of Utah!

Chloe's favorite part of the trip was the peek-a-boo slot canyon that ended in a dead end ~ she has never seen one before, go figure!

Seth's favorite part of the trip was riding and seeing the Indian Petra Glyphs. He was so psyched about being given the responsibility to shoot his daddy, the Indian Chief, but he got a little too excited and shot some of his fellow soldiers ~ sorry Grandpa...

My favorite part of the trip was riding through the berms, there were some very tight and twisty turns on the way to the dinosaur prints. I thought for sure the rhino I was driving wasn't going to fit or that my left side would be bruised up and down from the branches and bushes we whipped past!

We made it back to the truck and trailer just as an amazing thunderstorm came over the mountains. I was so glad not to be caught in the rain. But the storm did bring a bit of snow and there was something beautiful about the stark white snow against the red rocks!

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Thanksgiving Weekend in Kanab

We have been on so many trails that I find it hard to keep them all strait. We saw Cowboy Springs, Table in the Sky, Inch Worm Arch, an Indian village called Bicycle Ruins, many Indian petra glyphs, Pink Canyon, the best Dinosaur Tracks in Kanab, an underground lake and so much more!

Dan scaring the kids in the slot canyons:
I was there:
Seth kept finding the perfect sticks,
the one that kept slowing him down was this log!

Dan, tormenting the locals:

Jared & Echo:

Drake, the climber:

Harlie & Chloe:

Slayder, Echo, Jared, Dan, Seth, Liz, Chloe, Grandpa, Drake, Harlie & Nate

Dirty Dan:

Underground Lake:

My very dirty face or my extremely white teeth:

The Motley Crew:

Loved these cool tree roots:

We had so much fun exploring and following Tony all over! He is the greatest guide ever. We have been visiting Tony and Linda for years over either Thanksgiving break or New Years. Although it is a long drive, it is always fun!!!

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