mormon lake

After dodging the rain again, we finished off our day at Mormon Lake...another lake turned marsh.

We biked along a trail on north side, but didn't make it too far since the sun was fading fast...

It was great end to another beautiful day.

walnut canyon

After a WAY too big breakfast we headed out for our first hike of the day...the Island Trail at Walnut Canyon. It is a beautiful canyon full of cliff dwellings and LOTS (240 to be exact) of stairs. The homes were built on the sides of the cliffs by the Sinagua people. It was truly amazing to sit and ponder the amount of work it took to construct their homes, not to mention obtaining food and water for daily life. I learned a lot and really enjoyed this trail.

The hard part...coming back up. The kids did great...as you can see Hadyn needed a break every now and then but never asked to be carried...Drake on the other hand...

Cute little Hadyn...she was such a trooper.

We finished by doing the Rim trail so the kids could see where they climbed down to, and so Dax could run. Which he did, then tripped, ran some more, and then tripped again...trying to keep up is never easy.