Saturday, September 24, 2011

Maple Canyon Climbing

Last weekend, Skyler and Miranda took us camping/rock climbing to Maple Canyon, down by Ephraim. Oh. My. Heck! SO FUN!!! A HUGE thanks to them for taking us, taking pictures (can't find my camera charger), and helping to entertain our kids. We got there Friday afternoon, and it was raining. Hard. We didn't want to put tents up in the rain, so we killed some time in town, waited for a break in the rain, and headed back out. We got camp set up, ate dinner, hung out, and right as we were getting into bed, it started raining again. All night long. For the most part, we stayed pretty dry. Saturday morning was when the real fun began. Here is a cool picture of the clouds/fog/rain.It turned out to be an awesome day. Blue skies, and good weather. We went on a hike up this really cool canyon.This was a common occurance...making a train to get the kiddos up and down some of the tough spots.This spot, there's a little rope tied to help you climb up.After the hike, we started rock climbing. Dustin lead the way up, and we all got to climb a little.Macie's first time rock climbing. We are so proud of her, and she impressed quite a few people who were happening by. Here's the "rock on!" face and hands.Macie climbed so high! You can kind of tell how high she climbed in this one...
This climb was SO fun. I think it was right around 100 ft. Stinking high! Loved it!Great clip of Macie coming down. Skyler was letting her down nice and slow because I'm pretty sure coming down was her favorite part. Not bad for a first timer.

4 comments:

Deanna said...

look at her go!!!! That's so awesome!!! You can tell adventure is in her blood. :) What a fun family outing. :)

Stoked said...

Wow, that is impressive! She has no fear, that's why you start them early. This is the cutest video I have seen for a long time!

peck said...

FUN FUN! Love the "rock on" face :) Miss you guys.

Todd Family said...

that is SOO awesome!! I'm super impressed!! I love that so much!you guys are such awesome parents!! Macie is such a rockstar! rock climbing at her age and that high?! so sweet!!