The Whole Gang is Here!

Oh my goodness, our tails are wagging!

We have been planning this trip for so long, it’s hard to believe that the kids show up today! They are flying to Vegas from Tulsa (Hannah) and from Tampa (Chris and Maya) and picking up a 26 foot RV rented from Outdoorsy. Totally sight unseen and we will not be there to help.

Can they successfully adult??? Of course they can! But that doesn’t stop Mom and Dad from being nervous about stuff going wrong. Thankfully, years of moving them around the country and throwing new situations at them constantly has made them pretty adaptable and resourceful, so we waited for their evening arrival and tracked their location.

The kids’ rental RV, fresh off the road from Vegas!

The RV passed the initial driving test and the kids are all pretty comfy in it, so far.

We had an awesome dinner that Ann had prepared in advance of these weary travelers’ arrival. Chicken cobbler! Imagine a pan size chicken pot pie, YUUUUUUUUUUM!!! Oh and don’t forget the homemade brownies! Mama needs to make sure the kids are well fed for their adventures tomorrow.

After dinner, we were all still pretty excited about everyone being here, so we set out for a quick sunset hike at the Canyon Overlook Trail.

And, since the Hannah apple did not fall very far from the Mama tree, we did not pass up an opportunity to use the provided bathroom just before the trail head.

Mischief managed, we headed up the trail!

This is not an overly strenuous hike, but there are definitely a lot of steps. There is some strain and heavy breathing in this picture, mostly coming from Mama. Thankfully, it’s not a video or everyone would hear Mama braying like a mad donkey, but trying to act cool for the camera. Act COOL!

We made it up to the top of the trail and we were treated to an unbelievable view of the valley below. Just an amazing creation and we were delighted to be able to share the view with the kids last night.

Chris and Maya were entirely too comfortable being so close to the edge, so the rest of the canyon photo shoot was spent with Ann and Hannah and I as far away as we could be from the edge while still technically being at the overlook. We were happy with the gray area there. Not big heights people.

Maya laughs with her entire body and she happened to look over as Ann was taking a picture of me taking a picture of Hannah taking a picture of Chris taking a selfie of he and Maya. Her laugh echoed throughout the canyon and everyone present got a chuckle out of it.

Here we are being quite content with being far away from the edge

Mission successful, we headed back down the trail, racing the fading daylight a bit. We had just enough light to hit the el bano one more time before driving back to the campground.