Zion's Campout!

On Friday afternoon we loaded the van and headed off to Zion's National Park for our family campout! We had reservations at the Watchman's Campground near the Visitors Center. I hadn't been there before but when we made the reservation we tried to get a good shady spot. The weather was great. While Bryan set up the tent, I made the campfire. When the coals were good and hot, we put our pre-made tin foil dinners in to cook. While they cooked, Bryan and Courtney went for a bike ride while Ethan and I hung out and talked. Then Bryan and I ate some good tin foil dinners while Ethan and Courtney roasted hotdogs. We had a deer who came into the meadow right by our camp so the kids got to take pictures of the deer. It was pretty neat. We then had smores, read stories and went to bed.

The next morning we got up, ate cereal for breakfast (this was the best food campout because we did things really easy and it made for a fun time), packed up camp, then got on the shuttle. We got off at the trail head for the Emerald Pools. We hadn't been there before and it was a fun hike. The kids loved it and the falls were pretty. We then detoured and came out at the Grotto trail head (where you start for the Angel's Landing hike). By then we were tired and hungry so we drove back to St. George (Courtney napped on the way) and ate lunch.

It was a fun camp out and a great start to the camping season!