For Labor Day weekend, we went on a camping trip to Palisades State Park. We have wanted to camp here for a long time and finally made it happen. Alyssa didn't want to come with us and we missed having her with us on our adventures. We arrived on Friday night and barely had time to explore the campground before it got dark. On Saturday, we rented an ATV for the day. It was pretty muddy, so the trail splattered us with mud from the sides and through the open front window. We were still scraping mud off of us that night. We went on a shorter ride in the morning and then came back to the campsite for lunch.
Later in the day, we went over towards Manti and up Manti canyon for a longer ride. There were some fun sites along the way.
We made the mistake of trying out a smaller trail for the drive back down to Manti called "sheep's trail." The kids all know this name well because we were cursing sheep's trail all the way down the mountain. Danny had to drive most of it because we got to the first crazy, steep, rock covered trail and I was too scared to try to drive it. There were multiple times where we thought we were going to tip or not be able to make it up a steep incline/decline. It took a lot longer than anticipated to get back down to Manti and we were so glad to finally leave "sheep's trail." Now that it is over, we can laugh about it, but we sure weren't happy about it as we drove it. After returning the ATV, we went out for some much deserved ice cream.
On Sunday, we had church in our trailer in the morning, and then spent the afternoon out on the water. We had a paddle board and a pedal boat between the 5 of us(and the dog). Amazingly enough, Lula got on the paddle board with Ashley and the 2 of them rowed all around the lake. Lula does not like water, so I was surprised that she went on the paddle board at all.
The pedal boat was fun too, and much more stable so I think Lula liked riding in it more than the paddle board. The kids quickly tired of the pedaling, so Danny and I had to do it for most of the time.
After the water, we went over to Manti again to walk around the temple grounds. Unfortunately it was closed for renovations still, so we couldn't actually get on the grounds, but we found this pioneer garden across the street and walked around that instead.
On Monday, we had a lazy morning and then packed up and headed home. It was a fun weekend and the kids loved having Lula along for the trip. Sadly, Danny's parents are selling their trailer, so we won't be trailer camping again in the near future. We have had some good memories camping over the past 7 years, so it is sad to see that end. We will just have to find other ways to explore our beautiful world.
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