Walnut Canyon

On June 20th, we woke up early. We ate a good breakfast, and set off to explore nature. We went to Walnut Canyon. It is a National Park just east of Flagstaff on I-40. I had heard that it was very beautiful and has an easy hike. After all I have six kids, a husband with a bad knee, and my father-in-law. There was a lot of different ability levels. I wanted something all could do. I wanted it to be an exerting event. And it was. Everyone except Kendal walked the whole time. Well, most of the time that is. Everyone Jonathan and younger hitched a ride for a short while. It was a nice day. It wasn't too hot, but it did get warm. We had a good time talking with each other and enjoying each other's company. Here is some photos of our experience.

Richard, Marie, Kendal, and Nathan outside a ruin. Richard's Dad is the photographer of this one.

The whole family inside an alcove. Again, Richard's Dad is the photographer.

Here is a ruin. It was on the other side of the canyon.

After we had done our hike, we went to Wendy's and had some ice cream. Yeah for chocolate Frostys!!! Christopher was glad to find out that they had brought back the broccoli and cheese potatoes. At least in Flagstaff they have.

We let the kids, and ourselves, rest for a while. The kids went swimming in the hotel's pool. If you ask Nathan what his favorite part of the trip is, he'll tell you it was the swimming part. We then went and got some pizza for Morgan's birthday. We played games, at least the boys did. Morgan said that he had a good birthday. He liked that we got him Jenga in a cool book like box.