We decided to escape the sweltering heat and thick wildfire smoke in the valley by heading to a place called Hades. It's a canyon 2 hours east of Salt Lake in the Uinta mountains, along the North Fork of the Duchesne River. We went with our friends Brandon and Melissa and their little girl Ivy. Other than one sleepless night we had a great time.
We brought the fishing poles along but got skunked again. We might have to go back to Sportsman's Warehouse for another lesson!
The daddys with their girls! It was nice to be camped along the river. It was hot on Saturday but we stayed cool playing in the water. We had story time and snacks in the shade and I couldn't resist giving the kids a lesson on macroinvertebrates (the bugs that live under the rocks in the stream) and the benefits of beaver in a watershed!
Need I even mention that smores were on the menu?!
Note for next camping trip: Do not give Iris 5 marshmallows at dusk and expect her to sleep well that night.
It's in his genes to love fire poking.
Ivy brought along her Hello Kitty hula hoop. Iris gave it her best shot, which really just meant she set it on the ground and jumped over it repeatedly while giggling!
Doesn't everyone know pancakes taste better if you're wearing a masquerade mask?!
I love this one!
The view from our site.
It was a nice weekend escape. I got a little cranky as we dropped down from the mountains and the temperature rose and I thought about unpacking a car full of stuff, but as I type this the kids are napping, the second load of laundry is in the dryer and Jeff is playing with the kittens and watching HGTV. Life is good!
And speaking of kittens...they finally have names. Addie is the grey one and Bindi is the brown.
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