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03-19-2007, 06:43 AM #1
Weekend in Swell
I did finally decide to roll down to Crack Canyon, took a 1/2 day, packed like mad and grabbed the boys from their Mom's place around 1:30 and headed South. We made excellent time, I was pretty nervous as it was my first solo camping trip with my two boys since the big break up. I was thinking about going to Hodoo arch but decided on Crack because I thought I'd see more people if trouble busted out. Anyway, we got there around 5:45, set up camp, hiked around, ate, raged a fire, went to bed.
Next day, hikes in Gobling Valley, Crack Canyon, raged a fire, went to bed very sleepy.
Sunday, kicked it for awhile, complained about having to go home, made it to SLC around 5.
Perfect conditions, nobody there, nothing went wrong. I talked to the ex on the phone and told her she would believe it but I didn't forget a thing for the first time in 12 years (b@**h). The boys ended up having a blast and to their credit hiked their little buts off for me. The whole trip went off without a hitch, didn't forget a thing, total comfort, perfect weather. I think I was alot more detailed since I was doing the plan and prep on my own, I've noticed that since being on my own stuff seems to get done either faster or more complete. What a blast though, I'm probably going to head down again next month hopefully with some friends and maybe the Muddy Creek area. My 7 year old said he had the time of his life over the weekend. That's worth it.
Here are some pics:
Friday evening - Mini HammerGates
The Springbar
aahYeah! An endless supply of mini cans of Sprite!
Ben looks pretty clean here in Goblin Valley, 2 hours later he was a pile of dirt.
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03-19-2007 06:43 AM # ADS
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03-19-2007, 06:59 AM #2
Most excellent - glad you got quality time with the kids!
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03-19-2007, 07:04 AM #3Originally Posted by Cirrus2000
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03-19-2007, 07:47 AM #4
Goblin Valley is probably my most favorite place to take the kids. Great car camping, awesome hiking and secluded enough to call it "camping".
Glad you had a blast with your boys.
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03-19-2007, 10:56 AM #5
Thats awesome!!! Great weekend to be out for sure.
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03-19-2007, 12:01 PM #6Originally Posted by accadacca
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03-19-2007, 06:00 PM #7
congrats! quality time with the younguns is something they will remember forever. the canyons are the perfect place for them too. do it as often as you can. they grow up way to fast.
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03-20-2007, 08:56 AM #8
sweet trip, I am taking my 3 year old down next month. Kids and Goblin are like peanut butter and jelly
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03-20-2007, 09:47 PM #9
Re: Weekend in Swell
Originally Posted by DirkHammergate
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03-20-2007, 10:09 PM #10
Re: Weekend in Swell
Originally Posted by Mtnbiker
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