Friday morning we ventured down to Oak Creek Canyon. One of the most beautiful places around. We hiked the West Fork Trail but can't wait to explore the area more and camp there as well.
As you can tell, we were ready for rain, snow, mud, cold, water, etc. Compared to all the other hikers, we were way overdressed. But I also think we had the most fun since we did not get cold in the shade or wet in the stream.
Exploring the ruins on the trail
Playing in the partly ice-covered stream. The trail actually crosses the stream a few times which made the hike a lot more exciting.
Finding icicles. We got quite a few but unfortunately none of them made it all the way to the car. This one almost did. Noah carried it all the way to the parking lot. Then Max smashed it.
It is a good thing DestructoBoy is so cute!
In the afternoon, we headed over to the Aquaplex. Unfortunately, the pool water is pretty cold, so we did not last very long. But we still had plenty of fun. Then we stuck the kids in the KidsClub and worked out for an hour.
Saturday we played in the snow some more. We went further up the canyon to Crowley's Pit which had some nice hills for sledding and skiing. Great fun but no camera. Later that night, Karl took Noah on a little date and they went to see the lights.
I prefer actual trips to staycations any day. But this one turned out really nice and we never regretted not going camping.
4 comments:
Noah needs to come out here to get some Icicle. We left for the weekend with no snow and came home with a foot of snow and icicles all over our roof!
Stay cations aren't quite as fun cuz u still have to keep ur house clean. But u shore packed a bunch of activites in!
Love that last pic of Max. We need to do some more hiking around here...
Oh, how I love Oak Creek Canyon. It's so beautiful and smells WONDERFUL! You MUST take your boys to Slide Rock in Sedona next summer... they'll LOVE IT!
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