Wednesday, July 13, 2011

The Ranch Trip

Nate, Scott and I just got back from a 3 week vacation! Well it was a 3-week vacation for me anyway. We started off by driving up to Escalante, Utah for a trip with Nate's family. After a week at the ranch, we drove up to Salt Lake and I left on a plan for Virginia for a week and a half while Nate stayed in Utah for a business trip. Scott was a great traveler to my relief... I'll start by posting about the Ranch Trip!

Nate's family used to own a ranch in Escalante, Utah. 
The whole time I've known Nate he has talked about how much he loved going there as a kid. 
Nate's parents friends now own the ranch now and turned it into a bed and breakfast.
The Collins family took over the whole thing for a week and it was a blast! 
The drive through the dessert!

 



I love hanging out with my in-laws... seriously! 
Nate has the awesome siblings and we had lots of fun day trips and excursions...

Hiking to Upper Calf Creek which turned out to be A LOT bigger of a hike than we anticipated...

Water Fall at Calf Creek


Getting lost on the hike out...

Scotty and I at dinner one night!



How cute are my nephews?

Hiking at Devil's Garden


Lower Calf Creek

Being typical parents who assume their baby will love having his feet dipped in ice cold water..
Baking, watching movies, and playing games at night...





Scott LOVED all the attention he got the whole trip


Angela, Alice and I at Calf Creek


Riding ATVs!

Our guided hike through Slot Canyon

Claustrophobic much? This wasn't even the tightest part..

Hanging out at dinner

Sarah is 3 weeks younger than Scott and such a sweetie! She got blessed that Sunday at the Ranch

ATVing to town



It was a great trip! Thanks Collins family!

4 comments:

Rachel said...

whoa jealous! that looks way fun!

Nancy said...

Justin's family owns a cabin out in Boulder, which is near Escalante, some of those hikes you guys did look really similar to the ones we've done. I bet they were some of the same locations. :)

Brett & Sydnie said...

Looks so fun! I can't believe how big Scott is. I'm sure Nate told you he came to visit us, and he said Scott is already bigger than Callie! He looks so cute!

Was your flight to VA a red eye and Scott didn't sleep? Or was it during the day? I would die if she stayed awake our whole flight...

Jessica Holly said...

Oh my fun! I can't wait for pictures from Virginia!