Thursday, March 28, 2013

Spring Break Part 3: Goblin Valley

You've made it this far, but I warn you that this one will be pretty picture heavy.

Goblin Valley is awesome, y'all. Take your kids. You'll love it. And stay in a yurt.

Our yurt (#2 - if you go, get yurt #1 - it's in it's own little canyon and it's awesome!)


The kids spent hours just playing around in the dirt right outside the yurt. We brought cars and buckets and shovels. Great times.
 

In one of the canyons just behind our yurt.
 




The Valley of Goblins
 

Just one giant playground!
 









Love this Jamers of mine - love his funny faces!
 

Aaron and Caroline would hike ahead and find new spots to play and climb.
 









She was happy to finally get down and explore on her own.
 




See - I was there too!
 

Henry found this great little spot and sat and built bear traps. He went on and on about coyote tracks and snakes and scorpions. Heaven for a little boy.
 



My one attempt at a group kid shot. Henry is missing, Caroline is crying and James wouldn't turn around. Keeping it real!
 


Hiking back, single file and singing "The Ants Go Marching."
 

Resting in the shade. It was pretty warm. March was the perfect time to go. We'll be going back again for sure!


We spent the rest of the day playing outside our yurt. It was a fantastic trip. The stars at night were unbelievable too.

That's the end of our epic spring break. The next day we drove straight through to Boise, stayed over with our awesome friends. Aaron did a shoot on Saturday and we pulled in to Moscow late late late. Aaron's mom arranged a drive through birthday party for me just before we left Boise, so it was a lot of fun for everyone!

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Spring Break Part 2: Dinsaurs!

Sorry for the delay - we had a break for my somewhat disastrous birthday.

We left SLC Wednesday morning and headed to Goblin Valley. But we stopped at Thanksgiving Point to check out their Museum of Ancient Life. Mini-plug for the membership pass to the Palouse Science Center. Got in to the Museum of Ancient Life for free with that one again. Bonus!

This place did not disappoint:

There were spots to dig for dinosaurs:





Laurel, my little raptor.
 

Caves to crawl through:


Computer games to play (James' favorite!):


Water and sand and mini dinosaurs to play with:



And of course, dinosaurs!



But back to the water and sand tables:







A fun little stop on our way to Goblin Valley. We'll be back to this place for sure!