Salt River Canyon

My family was able to be here for the weekend of Harmony in the Desert as well as the annual skiing trip in the White Mountains, hosted by the Wallace's.  We left our house on Monday afternoon and drove up to the lodge.  It is a beautiful drive through the Salt River Canyon.

We stopped a few times on the drive to enjoy the beautiful scenery.

 

 If you look closely you can see the crumpled up pieces of a car that went off the road.

(This picture is fuzzy because I had zoomed in so far on my phone)

Back on the road...

 Our next stop was a hike down to the river.

We took several friends along on the trip.  This is Hope's friend, Carol.

 You know my family, if there is a fence, they have to climb over it to explore the other side!!

The boys went climbing over the rocks...

What are you doing way down there, Timothy?  Don't fall in!!

The view was just spectacular.  There is nothing more breath taking than God's creation!!

 Benjamin, Joshua, David, Joshua, and Justin with friends Josiah, Timothy, and Abraham.

This is the view from the top...

 Across the road from the pull off there were these cave type things in the side of the cliff.

Adventurous Hope climbing up to see what was in them.

When we got to the lodge we went to the community hall and played games with all the other people who had arrived as well.  I think Rook was the most played game on this trip!!

Dutch Blitz was also played many times!!

Next up, pictures of our two day skiing and snowboarding fun!!