For fall break this year we headed south with all of northern utah, luckily most of Northern Utah was headed to St. George and not to our destination, so we missed the crazy traffic.  

We scored another Yurt reservation and are in love with this style of “camping”.  

The heater was an added bonus in the morning too.  

Our Yurt was in Deadhorse Point State Park.

There were amazing Mountain Bike trails right outside our door.  Paul, Macey and Miles had a blast riding on them and it was all M&M wanted to do.  


Waiting for my mountain bikers to come back.

We promised Crewby we’d be back to ride through the sand and on the slick rocks when they had bigger bikes.

We did let them explore the trails around our Yurt though. 

Deadhorse State Park was amazing!

Spectacular views in every direction.  And a 2,000 foot drop in every direction.  

We got to watch the sunset, a safe distance back from the edge.  Beautiful. 

One of those moments I hope they remember.  

And we found a mini pride rock.

Crew is rafiki and notice how Macey and Miles are bowing to baby Simba. :) 

Lots of hiking and lots of view points.

My favorite hike of the trip was in the state park, Basin Overlook.  

No one on the trail but us and we could get right to the edge of an amazing view point. 

We planted the kids a safe distance from the edge with a snack and Paul and I went in for a closer look.


Really gets the blood flowing and I won’t even get that close to the edge.

We spent a day in Canyonlands, which is just down the road, at the Island in the Sky section.  

And for the first time all 4 kids actually completed their Jr. Ranger books and loved it! Usually they get bored and toss them in the garbage after 1 hike.  


MESA ARCH was a huge hit.  
We saw tons of wildlife and these kids were amazing at spotting lizards. 

Overall I would say this was the kids best hiking trip we’ve had 

I don’t think anyone even complained about all the hiking.  #miracle

Notice my hand in this picutre…I am sure I am telling Macey to stay away from the edge for about the 100th time.  

Crew and I still held our spot in the back, but we weren’t as far behind the other 4 as on other trips.  

The cliffs weren’t actually as stressful as I thought they’d be.  It helped we weren’t with other families, so our kids weren’t running around and being crazier than normal.  They stuck together and listened when we showed them which rock or bush they were not allowed to pass. :) 

Paul and I ventured to the edge a few times.  Terrifying looking over that edge and seeing the canyon floor 2,000 feet below.  

I think the kids favorite hike was Whale Rock. 


essentially you just follow a trail to this giant rock that looks like a whale and then you just get to run and explore all over.  

Always an amazing view at snack time.  


Turns out Ruby is a bit afraid of heights when she’s tired, so I had to carry her around on the “whale” and back down to the trail.

This girl was in her element, no fear here.  

Always have to dab when you’re on an awesome trail and there are prickly pears around.  


We live in an amazing place and I am so grateful we get to explore a small piece of it.  

These are the things I want my kids to remember from their childhood.  Not the stuff, but the adventures and the way they felt taking in these amazing places.