Bryce Canyon...Again

Yes, we just can't seem to get enough of this camping thing. This last weekend was our family campout and we decided to go back to Bryce Canyon. We got reservations at one of the campgrounds in the park. We figured that it would be crowded because it was the 24th of July holiday weekend, but it was even less crowded than the week before when I was there for Girl's Camp. We did feel in the minority though because hardly anyone spoke English. But it made it interesting.

We stayed for 3 days and 2 nights. The first night was really noisy because a lot of kids on a trip from France didn't know much about camping etiquette and kept walking right through out camp. So that was a bit annoying. But the weather couldn't have been more beautiful! It was overcast and the temperatures were wonderful. I still knew the code to get into the swimming pool we had used at Girl's Camp so we went swimming both days and Bryan and Ethan hiked the trail the girls hiked the week before. Ethan was a hiking fool and had a great time on their hike. Bryan said he was so impressed by how well our little guy did.

We went to a local rodeo which was so bad it was hilarious. Like I said, not a lot of people spoke English so they couldn't understand what the rodeo clown was saying so he bombed. No one laughed at his jokes...because they couldn't understand them. But it gave us something to do. We also went to a night lecture on the galaxy and black holes. Ethan was fascinated...Courtney was not. Bryan ended up taking Courtney back to camp while I stayed with Ethan. The ranger explained about the sky and then he mentioned about glow worms which are found all over Bryce Canyon. I had seen some at Girl's Camp and Ethan and I found one on our way back to camp. So the next night, when it got dark, we went in search of them and found a couple. They were neat.

We came back home on Saturday, unpacked and then started to kind of organize for this week's camping trip...the Pack Family reunion at Bear Lake. This will make the 4th weekend in a row that one of us has been camping!! Crazy.

Here are some photos from our trip: