MAYLIN2007

On our last day, we packed up camp and said good-bye to our new friends and drove to another hike. This was called Zebra Slot Canyon. There were lots of cars at the lot, but on the hike we didn't pass a whole lot of people. The trail was not really well marked, so we spent a lot of time wandering. At one point, we were pretty much lost. Luckily we ran into another family who were lost too and had been wandering for several hours. Together we were able to find our way. This is the most photographed slot canyon. It was amazing. It was about a 5 mile hike and it was HOT and DRY. It was awesome though. The boys led the way and I would go back and forth between the boys and Jay, so I actually did the hike twice. The slot canyon was sooooo tight. You could have gone farther back but you would have to climb 15 feet up and in a narrow area, so we didn't do that. At some points you had to turn sideways. Even for Jay that was tight, but it was fun! ...

Later that day, we went on a short hike. It was all down hill...until you had to come back up. Jay took is sweet time. We were just glad he made it. Alex fell on his way up and broke his camera lens. The hike was really interesting.....tons of cool carins (trail markers). Once we got to the water fall and pool we met our camping friends there. The boys jumped in the water. It was really cold. Austin was scared and we watched him close since he was just about 8 weeks post-op. He hit that water and it was so cold it took his breath away. Alex helped him to the bank. Austin was glad he did it, but said he wouldn't do it again. We had a good dinner when we got back and then went over to our friend's site and made smores.  No room for trash so we did the redneck way......