Fall Break- part two

Early in the morning as we were in the tent trailer we heard, "Grandma, Grandpa." It was a surprise that the kids were here already. We did not expect them till around nine or ten. We found out they drove all night and waited for the camp ground to open in the morning. We made breakfast and Nic and Shannon tried to sleep while we watched the kids. I went to get the flat tire fixed in St. George which I thought would take an hour but took three because of everyone else getting tires fixed. At least I got a new tire free because it was damaged beyond repair.

The afternoon we went into the main part of Zions.

We hiked along the paved portion of the river trail at the end of the canyon.There were squirrels and some deer along the way and of course the beautiful views up and down the canyon. Payton was a good hiker and enjoyed the various things to do like stopping and throwing sand, jumping, putting hands in water and walking the wall.

It was then time to head back and get over to Tuacahn to see the play The Little Mermaid. It starts off with water flowing from the cliffs behind the stage and flooding the stage and then a ship coming on stage. It gets your attention. We had a wonderful evening and Payton was so attentive to the play. It ended with fireworks which Payton said would happen.

Next morning as we prepared to leave we had one more hike. This was on the way home in Kolob Canyon portion of Zions. There are three separate sections of the park and we hit all three. The trail we took was the Taylor Canyon trail. We walked in and out of the creek along the trail and was able to still catch some fall colors along the way.

We even saw a tarantula.