Red Rock

Monday was a perfect day. If you are reading this from a cold climate....I am sorry. We have had the most amazing weather this past week. I don't remember January ever being so nice. As luck would have it, Eric was off of work on Monday, so we were able to thoroughly enjoy the unseasonably warm weather at Red Rock. And to make it even more enjoyable, when we arrived we discovered it was a free day! Woo-hoo, I love going places for free.

Our first stop was Calico Vista. We have never hiked there before, and it was beautiful. We climbed plenty of rocks, and were able to hike pretty deep down into a canyon.

Jackson's naturally cautious demeanor surprisingly leaves him when we hike. He is a wild climbing man!

Megan is always fearless.

See the hole down there, by all the trees? That is where we climbed down. It looked quite scary from this vantage point.

And Sade's always does her best to keep up.

After we explored Calico Vista, we went to Lost Creek. This is one of our favorite hikes, and is perfect if you have small children. 

Especially if you have small children who still like to be carried. You won't tire yourself out too much.

While hiking we experienced quite the traffic jam. Although this is a fairly easy hike, if you have trouble walking on flat ground, walking uphill, over rocks is probably going to prove difficult for you. We were stuck behind a fairly old woman, who could not walk unassisted. I am shocked she did not fall in the river.

But we finally made it! This waterfall generally flows January through March.

Here we are behind the waterfall.

There was even a bit of snow.

Our view while hiking out. We came away mostly unscathed. Except for Jackson who ended up falling in the river on the hike out. Luckily he just laughed it off. It is a good thing it was Jackson who fell, because if it would have been the other two, you can't even begin to imagine the complaining about being wet and cold we would have been subjected to! And that is no way a judgement against my girls, because if I would have fallen in the river, the complaining would have been even worse.