Kanarraville and Bryce's 2017

Cedar City Trip

Sept 21-24, 2017

Julie has a friend, Annette Johnson, who lives close to Cedar City, so we decided to take a trip to visit her (along with some of Julie and Annette's other North-Ogden friends) and do some fun hiking in the area. We were not disappointed!  Each hike was amazing!

We got there Thursday night. Annette fed us Hawaiian Haystacks and then we went to a play called "Tavern" on the SUU campus. It was pretty funny, but I had a hard time staying awake (I think it's my age). We stayed in a house just down the road from Annette. A friend of hers lets people stay there or sometimes rents it out. It worked great for us!

Friday morning we went on the Kanarraville Falls hike. It was beautiful and much of it was hiking in the cold stream, so our feet were frozen! But it was worth it! Here are some pics.

Here we go! Dani, Annette, Julie, Michele and Me
 (paid $10 for parking just below this trailhead)

The first of three falls with a fun ladder to climb

This second ladder was a little sketchy, but Julie and I made it!

After the Kanarraville Falls hike, which was about a 3-hr adventure, we headed down the road a ways and did the Spring Creek trail. The first 1/2 hr of it is not as interesting, but once you hit the slot canyon it was spectacular again.

We ate dinner that night at Rusty's, which was a great restaurant! We thoroughly enjoyed it all - bloomin' onion, sweet potato fries and salmon --Mmmm Mmmm.

Saturday we headed to Cedar Breaks National Park and Bryce Canyon. WOW!  It was breath-taking.

This is Cedar Breaks National Park

The clouds rolled in as we started hiking in Cedar Breaks park, so we soon left for Bryce's National Park.

The Queen's Garden

Standing in the Queen's Garden

We hiked the Navajo Loop in conjunction with the Queen's Garden

There were a LOT of switchbacks leading up to the top.  

Pretty amazing, right?

We ordered pizza from The Hub by Annette's house for dinner and then watched the Women's Conference which we pre-recorded. It was very nice. For a treat we had ice-cream sandwiches with chocolate syrup (she prefers caramel) and nuts on top. Yummy.

Sunday we went to all of Annette's church and enjoyed it very much. She fed us spaghetti casserole for dinner and then we headed home. We hope to make it a yearly event!

Lake Powell 2017

The Webres (Jason, Hunter, Jenny and Josh, and I) enjoyed a fun-filled 3 days at Lake Powell. The weather was nice and warm and the water was refreshing. It was pretty non-stop action with boats and wave runners, card playing, corn hole, relays, eating, and much much more! There were a few mechanical problems with boats, but all in all, a very good time was had!

Waiting at the dock for our pick-up boats. We waited a LONG time!

  Jenny has some awesome videos.
Lake Powell from Jenny Cook on Vimeo.

Hunter and Jason going for a cruise.

Jenny and Leanna doing some yoga. Go girls!

Jason trying out the surfing. 

And Josh surfing

Smile! We are having fun!

Cliff Jumping

Securing the houseboat when a wind came up.

One of many relay races - "Don't let Bryce get on the kayak!"

Hike up to the Indian ruins. 

Here we are ready for the lecture from the official guides

Hiking up to the "Crack"

Inside the "Crack"

View heading down from the "Crack"

Pictures don't do the canyon justice. It was awesome!

Amazingly high walls

Our home in Hansen Canyon

Check out these hotties

Who's doing what next?

Jason catching some air

Mark, Ty, Jake and Bryce going to try skiing all at the same time starting on the boat. It was a fail.

Playing some corn hole on the beach.

Night time on top of the boat- How many more could we fit?

Here's the whole crew (mostly). I think we had 30 heads the half week we were there.