We decided to take a day trip to Topaz Mountain. Craig is out of town so while the cat is away the mice will play. We took Trisha along with us she is a friend of mine from clear back in highschool. Back before the wheel was invented as Zach likes to say. Almost. Here we are loaded up and ready to go. And don't worry dad there was absolutely no eating in the car (no I am not crossing my fingers behind my back).
Here it is.
It was a long drive so first stop was a potty break. Can you see the excitement or is that anticipation of getting to go behind a tree. No peaking.
Oops.
Zach loved hiking around and was asking to go back as we were heading back home.
Jacob liked digging in the sand but thought that the stones were going to be bigger.
Here they are going up the hill.
And here they are falling down the hill. Just kidding. No children were hurt on this excursion. I was trying to get a picture of all of the sparkling everything the sun hit sparkled which made it very hard to find pieces to pick up since some were just dust but they seemed to be the sparkliest.
This was one more look up the mountain before we left.
We decided to try and find a shady spot to have lunch. We went down and around the mountain and this is what we found.
After lunch the boys took a hike. Yes they are in this picture can you see them?
Does that help?
That should be even better.
This picture was taken right before the nose dive. Just kidding no one was injured.
However we did see something interesting driving along to head home we saw this in front of us. Can you see it on the ground there on the left hand side of the picture just before the car. It kind of looks like a stick but it had a moving tongue.
Yes he was alive. He did take off into the brush on the side of the road as we started moving after we took the pictures.
I just liked this picture.
And here we are on the long winding road home.
On the way home we did stop in Eureka for a quick look around and we got to tour an old home that used to belong to my aunt and uncle but I'm off to put the boys to bed so I will post those pictures later.
