Leg 4 of our Trip: Headed Home!

We made a last minute decision to take two days coming home instead of doing it all in one. I am so glad that we did!

We had to stop at Big Rock Candy Mountain so David and I could get a Honeymoon photo. We spent a few days of our honeymoon here, and for whatever reason, never got a photo.  So here is our official "Honeymoon Photo".  :)

We also stopped at Zion National Park.  We debated about going through the park; it's kind of pricey for one car, let alone two, but we're glad we did it.  Even though we were only there for a few hours, it was well worth the money.

Brychan was just happy to be able to get out of the truck!

And Kehlton enjoyed the shuttle ride

We were only able to do one hike; the lower trail to the Emerald Pools. 

It was a fun hike, though, and we had so much fun!

Kehlton pouting because we wouldn't let him get near the cliff.  Go figure!!

The Emerald Pools.  There was a bit of a waterfall coming down, and the boys had fun walking underneath it.  We got pretty wet with each gust of wind, but it felt really good!

We also ran into a deer with her baby...

And at the end of the hike, we stopped to play in the water.  I expected that water to be fairly cold, but it wasn't at all.  We had to drag the boys out kicking and screaming.

Within about 5 minutes of getting back onto the shuttle bus, Brychan fell asleep.  He soon fell into my lap and was sprawled out all over the place.  A German couple stopped to take pictures of him; I guess a cute, little, sleeping American boy makes for good stories back home! :)

We made it to Las Vegas late Saturday night, and then drove the rest of the way home Sunday morning without any pit stops.  Well.  Without any fun pit stops.  Kehlton was sick and vomitting for the first half of the trip, so there was plenty of stopping to clean him and the truck up.  We're guessing he was just over heated and dehydrated from playing at Zions the day before; after he got plenty of fluids in him, he was doing much better!

After being gone for almost 2 weeks, it was nice to get home!!  This was such a fantastic trip; we had so much fun without any horrible issues or mishaps.  And I am dying to get back to Zions now and do a bit more hiking and exploring.  So if anybody wants to go...the Stander clan is totally game! :)