Valley of the Goblins

[Sombeech]

My 2 year old son and I got in late Wednesday night. For some reason, it takes longer to get a 2 year old ready for his very first camping trip than I thought. ^_^

The campgrounds were full, but that was perfectly fine. We found some great privacy about a mile away just around the corner.

The mornings were a little chilly but around noon was T-shirt weather. Thursday we spent about 4-5 hours in Goblin Valley, we went back to attempt a nap but watched movies on the laptop in the tent. We then went driving around and exploring.

I found the "Fat Mans Misery" location known on geocaching.com (not the Fat Man's Misery canyon near Zion)

We headed back today, Friday morning. We took our time getting back, taking I-70, making a few stops at the scenic rest areas. I also had to show him the "big bridge" over Eagle Canyon.

More pictures here: http://www.justinmcfarland.com/?p=384

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under the big bum crack

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Eagle Canyon Bridge on I-70

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[Cirrus2000]

Mmmm, Spam! Looks like a great time - nice pics! :2thumbs:

[denaliguide]

well done lads! enjoy it while you can. they turn into teenagers way too fast and don't even want to be seen in the same room with their parents.

[Sombeech]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzFaZfcimNA

[offpiste]

excellent!

[asdf]

good stuff, looks like he had a good time.

[oldno7]

Great job Beech.
I have a Grandson who will be 2 in Oct. looking forward to our times out.

[PaladinTodd]

It takes a manly-man to hand a harmonica to a two year-old.

[bugnuker]

Whats "Fat Mans Misery"?
I visit golbins often and do some geocaching, i looked it up on the site and could only find one entry for Zions.

Great pics, btw.

-Shane

[RedMan]

Beech you are made of the right stuff.
Nice work.

[Sombeech]

Whats "Fat Mans Misery"?
I visit golbins often and do some geocaching, i looked it up on the site and could only find one entry for Zions.

Great pics, btw.

-Shane

I could only think of the Zion canyon too. Here's the link I was shown with the description:
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=ba5b87e4-af4c-4565-bc32-84a0e21477eb

[jiffers]

That's cool. I love taking my kids to Goblin Valley, and they love running around.

[LB_Design]

I just visited goblin vally for the first time a couple weeks ago. There is some pretty awesome county out there;) Wanted to post some pics buuut i haven't quite figured out how to do that. Great trip tho! Nice pics!

[Sombeech]

Wanted to post some pics buuut i haven't quite figured out how to do that. Great trip tho! Nice pics!

You can either upload pictures under 256kb in size, or you can link to them like I did from places like picasaweb, flickr n such, by using the Img button.