Our
third day of the vacation ended up being my very favorite day. I wasn’t expecting it to be, especially with
my kids and their non-stop bickering; but their brotherly love couldn’t even
ruin our day, we got to experience the amazing, beautiful, and incredibly breathtaking
Bryce Canyon.
The
beginning of our morning started out great when Keri made us a Birds Nest for
breakfast (recipe to follow blog post), which tasted great and was one of those
“one pan meals” which was guys liked because they did the dishes afterwards. We then packed up the boys (yes, no little
girls between us… two families… six boys) and headed out.
Stopping
in a little town along our way I got my first glance of real life Sister Wife. Unlike that show on TLC, this wife didn’t look
like you and I. She was dressed in a
long dress (something you saw back in the day on Little House on the Prairie) with a bonnet, boots, and her long
hair. Sadly, I couldn’t look away. I was in shock, even though we’ve all heard
of polygamist it just seems weird to actually see one. Then I felt bad, like I should grab her and
smuggle her to California and hide her from the pervert old man she was forced
to marry (again, reality is nothing like that TLC show). But, my husband wouldn’t allow me to kidnap her
(or the cowboy that also looked very tempting to take home) so we continued on.
When
we pulled into Bryce Canyon it looked just like any other park; a few trees and
some grass. We sat in our car scratching
our heads at why this would be considered a National Park and why there were so
many people pulling in behind us. Then
we parked our car, got out, and walked over to the lookout. This is what we saw:
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| Bryce Canyon |
After our jaws dropped open and we finished taking a TON of photos, we threw the kids on our backs, shoved the water in our pockets, tightened our shoelaces, and headed down the very steep trail to the bottom. The red sand was formed into these odd shapes called “hoodoos” which from a distance were impressive but from up close were magnificent. I could try to come up with a few more adjectives to explain how I felt, but instead… here are some pictures, you tell me what you think:
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| Bryce Canyon |
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| Random Tree growing in between the rock |
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| The trail going down- filled with switchbacks |
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| At the end of the trail, this was your view |
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| Wonder what I looked like? This is me, my patient husband, and Thing #3 |
After a long day hiking down the hoodoos, we headed back to camp. The kids enjoyed a round of miniature golf while Keri cooked up some sausage & potatoes (another one pan recipe). At the end of the night we made some yummy Banana Boats (thank you Pioneer Woman) and some Roasted Starbursts (yes, you actually put the starburst on the stick and cook them over the fire… try it).
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| I forgot to take a picture of the roasted Starburst (bad blogger), this picture is borrowed from mommygoingcrazy.blogspot.com |
Sadly, this was our last night camping. It was bittersweet as we started to get our stuff organized for our departure the next morning. But the little cherry on top of our three night stay was that evening taking $5 zip line adventure... in the dark! It was an awesome experience and a reasonable price (done at the Ponderosa) which got us very excited to set off for our next stop… the Grand Canyon!
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Up next: Day 4- The North Rim of the Grand Canyon
Birds Nest Recipe (AKA- Hen House)
Hash browns (one container of the dry Costco hash browns)
Eggs (we used about 6)
Sausage (one package of Jimmy Dean)
Onion (about half of a yellow onion)
Cheese (as much as your family enjoys)
Brown
sausage in skillet.
Add hash browns when sausage is cooked & drained.
Leave a little grease in the pan- cook until almost done. Add onions, stir & cook. Add eggs to sausage mixture and cook.
When eggs are done add cheese and melt. Serve with toast and fruit.
Banana Boats (from The Pioneer Woman)-
We’ve
made these at home also, just cooked in our oven. The kids love them!
8 bananas
1 bag caramel bits or caramels cut
into bits1 bag chocolate chips
1 bag mini marshmallows
1 package original graham crackers, crushed into crumbs
Split the bananas lengthwise, but
don't cut all the way through. The goal is to create a boat to hold the
ingredients. Load the bananas 1/4 cup each of the caramel bits, chocolate chips
and mini marshmallows. Crumble 1 whole graham cracker onto each loaded banana.
Wrap individually in 8-by-10-inch squares of foil, and then place near the
campfire to melt the candies. Open up and eat with a spoon.
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