Dinosaurs, Indians and Goblins

What is this, a prehistoric, sci-fi, history channel report??? Well, our weekend could be described in such a way.

Amber planned a cool trip for our family down in the southern portions of Utah. Our first stop was Price, UT where we visted a cool Dinosaur museum. It was pretty cool because that area of Utah is where they have uncovered some huge quarries of dinosaur bones. It was pretty amazing what they have found. They had a kid's activity center where Aliece and Alayna spent most of their time.

After the museum we headed up to our campsite in Nine-Mile Canyon. We set up our camp and ate a quick dinner. Then we headed up the canyon to look at petroglyphs. The ancient petroglyphs are still around due to the flat sandstone rock walls all around the canyon. They say that the canyon has been inhabited for 8,000 years! We didn't have too much time there before it got dark, but the kids saw some cool rock art before we had to turn around.

On Saturday we loaded the kids in the van and headed down to Goblin Valley. It was quite a landscape. This state park has some of the coolest land formations - but they still let you hike among them and climb all over them. The kids had a great time exploring the valley of Goblins. While we were there we found a geocache, a snake, and a really cool cave.

It was a hot day, so after our excursions, we were beat. We sure were glad we came in May and not July.

We had a great time as a family, and are now ready for a restful Sunday!