Hiking Adventure

Last year, Joe and I went to Picture Canyon for an afternoon of hiking and had a great time. So great of a time that we wanted to go again and asked Moe and Jess to come with us. Jess was excited about it as it would be an opportunity to use her new camera!

We first went in search of the Indian rock art on the canyon walls.

Then the guys just HAD to climb as high as they could! Jess and I opted to stay on the ground - hey, someone had to take their picture!
Then we went off hiking. Last time Joe and I went to Picture Canyon, we went off the trail and did our own exploring - this time we stuck to the trail. We lost the trail once and Joe decided to go climbing again - you know, to get up high and see if he could see the trail! So he climbs straight up this cliff - crazy guy - and once he was at the top he announced the trail was up there. What?! I didn't have faith in myself to climb straight up - so Jess and I found a different spot that wasn't quite as steep. We were almost to the top when Joe yells at us from the bottom - apparently he had walked back down the trail and it would have been much easier to get to the top! Oh, well, we did indeed make it. Then we all looked down from where Joe climbed up originally. Yikes - he was even shocked at how straight up the climb was!

We took a little break at the top to enjoy the rugged landscape!

And to think, we went out hiking - in short sleeves - in mid-January!! It was such a beautiful day! We hope we can find more hiking spots to visit again soon!