From June 13-16, the Laurels in my ward, along with our leaders, headed down to the Escalante Grand Staircase to Coyote Gulch for our backpacking trip. The weather was perfect, the nature was beautiful, and the company was wonderful. We had a fantastic time.
{At the bottom of Coyote Gulch}
{Jessica & Melissa}
{We are dorks}
{Coyote Bridge-- on our way to our second night camping spot. We got to river run this day.}
{Carrying our packs through "The Key Hole." Scary at first, but fun.}
{We made it through!}
{Very pretty waterfalls were along the entire hike. This picture doesn't give them justice at all.}
{I carved a flower out of my cup holder in these cool sand formations that made great seats.}
{Melissa carved out an "I Love You"}
{Melissa also carved a hole a little bigger than a quarter, and carved a cute little heart as well.}
{Dad and the Bishop making hip prints for when they sleep. tee hee}
{Our hike out on the last day. We had to climb out on a huge rock/cliff thing.}
{Hike after the hike at 'Peek-a-Boo and Spooky.' This part was Peek-a-Boo.}
{This part was 'Spooky' because it was very narrow. For most of this hike the sides of the rocks were high above your head.}
{The girls. (except Elizabeth and Pam)}
{This little critter crawled into my pack and I found him when I got home! Along with his buddy! Ah! Two scorpions! I didn't touch my pack after that. Dad emptied it for me, bless his heart. This wasn't all either. Melissa had to get one out of my pack with a fork at the trail head. That's a total of three scorpion hitch-hikers!}
Overall, we had a great time! P.S. I might be posting more pics from Dad's camera once he gets home from work. :)
