You tah (Part 1)

I love this picture. I think boy looks like the old man from UP. 

I love the outdoors and I especially love hiking.  My sister, not so much (but I think now she might). So for her graduation, my mom planned a family vacation to Utah to hike.  Sister was not too pleased but the rest of us were.  Once we got there and saw the beauty that surrounded us, I think she was okay with the idea.

We flew into Las Vegas and spent one night there. And one night was really all we needed.

We took in the sites, died of heat stroke, gambled and drank.  And by gambling and drinking I mean I put approximately $4 into slot machines and consumed one raspberry mojito.

But now I can successfully cross Vegas off my list.

The next morning, we drove to Utah and went directly into Zion National Park.  Oh my word, I can not even being to tell you or describe how beautiful it was.  I honestly think that between my mom and myself, we said the phrase, "It's so beautiful" two hundred times easily. Poor brother was so sick of hearing it by the end of the trip. 

I'll try not to picture overload too much so here's just a few of Zion and our hike to the Emerald Pools. 

My favorite picture of the entire trip. 

Since this is already so long and has entirely too many pictures, I'll stop here for the day. I guess there will be many blog parts to this trip.