Boys Trip 2015 was a road trip to Utah. We spent four days hiking Zion and Bryce Canyon. Then we went to Salt Lake City to watch the Michigan Wolverines football team play the Utah Utes. It was Tyson's first Wolverine game. We also visited the Dino museum in Salt Lake City. Here are some pics and memories from the trip.
August 28th
We began our road trip early in the morning. We drove most of the day and spent the night in a hotel inTwin Falls, Idaho. We ate dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings. Tyson read books and played video games during most of the drive. We also talked about our upcoming adventures.
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| Early Start |
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Road tripping'
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August 29th
Day 2 was spent mostly driving as well. We started out the morning with a hearty IHOP breakfast and a beautiful view in Twin Falls. Then, we drove to our campsite at Camp Lutheran.
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| Happy pancake. Happy Tyson. |
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| This is not a commercial for hot sauce. |
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| Beautiful |
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| Home Sweet Home for 5 nights |
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| Boys Trip! |
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| Huge fire pit! Yes, he's in it. |
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| Super Moon |
August 30th
Day 2 of hiking Zion. We did some shorter hikes. Canyon Overlook hike, Weeping Rock, and Emerald Pools hike. We saw a herd of mountain goats as we drove out of the park.
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| Hiking Canyon Overlook |
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| Watch your head |
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| Chasing a lizard |
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| God's Country |
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| Lift with your legs! |
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| Slow motion Weeping Rock |
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| Dive in |
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| Oasis at the end of Upper Emerald Pools hike |
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| Chillin' at the end of good hike |
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| Our nightly visitors at the campground |
Sept.1
We hiked in Bryce Canyon. We hiked to some landmarks set by the park and received a free prize after finding three of them. Lots of hiking in the heat today.
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| Ready to start the day |
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| "Wall Street" |
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| about to descend Wall Street |
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| Landmark #1 |
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| Landmark #2 |
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| Landmark #3 (The prize was a sticker) |
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| "Thor's hammer" |
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| "Queen Elizabeth" |
Sept. 2
Another day in Bryce Canyon. We headed out later in the day with the intent to do a hike or two and stay for sunset. We hiked a tough hike called Hat Shop. Then we ate our dinner in the parking lot and watched the sunset. We spent the morning at the campground playing.
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| "Chippy" - Tyson's buddy visited daily |
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| Heavy winds |
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| Taken at the Hat Shop - kinda windy |
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| well hydrated |
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| Trail friend |
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| Dinner! |
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| Sun in the face selfie |
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| Waiting on the sunset |
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| Night Chess |
Sept. 3rd
We broke camp in the morning and drove to Salt Lake City. After checking in to the hotel, we grabbed some pizza for dinner and headed to Rice-Eccles Stadium to cheer on the Wolverines. They lost, but we had a blast.
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| breaking camp |
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| pregame meal |
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| pregame |
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| Go Blue |
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| In a sea of red |
Sept 4-5
We visited a dino museum on the morning after the game. Then, we headed home, did a little fishing and drove, drove, drove.
What a trip!
