Escalante Day 4

We were not too happy to check out of the yurt on our last day. It had been such a great stay. After we got the car all packed up, we went down to the rope swing and everyone laughed as Dad nearly broke his head trying to get on! Then we started for home.

Seth loved this swing so much! He dragged Mom over both times to swing!

Dax swung pretty high! 

We finally got Dad on the swing!

Mom had a blast on the tree swing.

There was one more hike that we were looking at doing, and it was in Kodachrome Basin State Park. This hike was short, and more than a little dangerous. Basically, you climb from the valley floor up to the top of the mesa. Then you hike out along narrow trails to points of rock with sheer drops on all sides of you. It made for some really great pictures, but the boys didn't like staying close to parents, and Dad was freaking out if anyone got to close to the edge. Finally, we all settled in and enjoyed the hike.

Seth loves to jump and do funny poses on hikes.

We thought this section of the hike looked like Goblin Valley.

There were lots of narrow places to walk out for pictures that made Dad nervous. 

The views were beautiful on this trail.

Dax loves adventurous hikes like this.

Kodachrome Basin was a great stop at the end of the trip. 

Seth was burned out, so Mom, Mark, and Dax walked the nature trail. 

We stopped for lunch at our favorite restaurant in Panguitch. Henrie's is a small drive-in with really good food. We even ordered shakes, and it is all so inexpensive, too. Sixty miles up the road in Beaver we stopped for gas and Mom realized she'd left her purse back at Henrie's. The workers were so nice and had tried to call her but gotten the home phone. This added about an hour and a half to our drive, but we still got home by 6 o'clock. No one even yelled at Mom for being so ridiculous. It had been a really great, free vacation. And the money we saved from our per diem should cover our hotels in New Zealand this summer!

This is one of our favorite stops in southern Utah.