Day 2 - Utah

Wow - Utah is beautiful. I have never seen such open space - mountains, canyons, amazing rock formations. I began to feel the like I could breathe again away from the crowds!

Tonight we are staying in a motel in Green River, Utah, which I think is about an hour or so east of the Colorado border. The drive has been amazing, and the kids did pretty well, as long as they had access to the DVD player and endless movies. Even they were amazed when we drove through Virgin Canyon, which I think was in Arizona near the Grand Canyon. Justin and Kaelyn both want to come back and live here, or at least show their dad. We stopped at several scenic view points along the way, and the kids were in "rock heaven". I don't know what compels Justin to want to pick up rocks and throw them, but he had fun doing that. Kaelyn, the adventurer, wanted to climb on the rocks and she always scares me because she thinks if the 20 year old tourists are up there climbing that means it's safe for her too. Luckily, I had the diving incident in my pocket to remind her that I have a right to be a neurotic mom and require that they stay well back from the cliffs.

We stopped in Cedar City, Utah for our afternoon break and went to this really cute park called the Discovery Park, which was designed by the families in the community. It had so many interesting things to climb in and on, that I would love to share a picture. Our camera never did start working, so I ended up buying a new one today, but that one wasn't charged yet. Do you know google images does not have a picture of that park? That's how small the towns are here - it's actually possible to find something interesting that someone has not taken a picture of yet and posted on the internet. Or at least not in a way that I could easily find it.

The picture at the top of this entry is one I found on the internet. Now, imagine seeing at least 50 spectacular views like this throughout the day almost everywhere you turn. I've never seen rocks this cool!

Tomorrow, we are off to Denver, and I believe we will be driving through the Rockies. Never been there either - so we are looking forward to the fun!