This past week has really been a fun one. Last Wednesday we loaded up the kids and headed down to Zions for a couple of days. We had decided in December that we wanted to take a bunch of camping trips this year and this was the first one. After a very long drive (thank goodness for Game boys and TV!!!) we arrived at the Zion River campground in good ol' Virgin Utah. The campground is fairly new and an excellent place to stay. After we set up the trailer and roasted some hot dogs for dinner we took the kids over to play Candy bar bingo. There were four games and my boys won two of them. Then we took them in to the little lodge there and let them play pool. Josh thought he was pretty cool stuff and I'm just glad he didn't rip the green. Zach liked taking the balls and throwing them down the holes. After that it was bed time for the night. On Thursday we headed up Zion for some hiking. There are only a few trails that are actually considered wheelchair friendly but we decided to try Weeping Rock. It was paved all the way up and at the end, where there were stairs, Zach got out of his chair and Christian helped him climb. The boys loved it! The we did some more hiking and went back tot he campground to swim. Both boys loved being in the pool. Zach had his new swim vest (like they use at his school) and we bought Josh some arm floats and they both cruised all over the pool. When we were worn out we went back to camp and had dinner and roasted marshmallows. Friday we went back into Zion and hiked the River walk. This is a great trail for the boys and they love throwing rocks in the river. There were a ton of squirrels (with no fear of humans) and one even walked right across my foot. They would come right up to people hoping for food. This trail took awhile and we ended up hanging out at the lodge for a little while. We checked out a couple of rock shops for the boys collection and then went into Hurricane for dinner and a movie. When we got back we finished off the marshmallows and packed everything that we wouldn't need the next day. On Saturday we got up and while Christian finished packing up the trailer I took the boys over for craft hour. They got to color Easter pictures and they each made a cute bunny magnet. Then Christian rejoined us and we let the boys participate in the campground Easter egg hunt. Both of them had a blast. After that we headed up to Zion for the last time. We started down a 2 mile trail and about a third of they way down, it started pouring on us. The boys had their coats on but Christian and I ended up soaked. Even though we were wet this was probably the funnest hike we had. Zach loved it in the rain and danced the whole way down. After that we went back to camp, changed, loaded up and headed home. It was a lot of fun and I can't wait until next month for our trip to Moab!
