Pioneer Day Weekend

The weekend of July 24, I had some family in town and we decided to have some outdoor fun while they were here. On Friday the 24th, we loaded up my Toyota and my Uncle's Jeep and headed out toward Sand Hollow to brave the heat. We headed south of town and toward the east side of Sand Mountain. The kid's were still at their mom's so it was just me, my mom, uncle, and cousin. Oh yeah and Yoshi too. :)

We headed up the east rim trail toward the backside of the sand dunes. This area is very awesome (as seen in an earlier one of my blog posts) Here are a couple pics I snapped along the way:







We stopped a few times to look around, and eventually ended up near the backside around 11am. It was an overcast day so luckily it wasn't too hot!!















After hiking around and driving over a few rocks we decided to head back down through the sand dunes. Well, we tried to head back down, the sand was very soft and we didn't make it very far. We ended up cutting over to the west rim trail and following it home.


The next day we went up to Zion and over to Bryce Canyon. On the way to Zion we stopped off at Grafton ghost town. Grafton is one of the most famous and photographed ghost towns in the west. It was also one of the filming locations of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. For more info on Graton, click HERE.

Here are a few pics I took of Grafton, and the Grafton cemetery:











After Grafton we headed up to Zion. What can I really say about Zion? I love it. Oddly enough though I only took these two pictures..





After Zion we headed to Bryce Canyon to spend the rest of the day. This was my first time being there since I was a kid; it was great. It was nice to be out of the heat too. :p I took about a hundred pictures, here's a few:











After Bryce Canyon we headed over to the over-priced Subway to get some dinner. We ended up getting home about 11pm that night. What a fun weekend hanging out with the family, can't wait to do it again!!