Settling In

After our arrival in Southern Utah it was time to reacquaint ourselves and acquaint Carynn and Ty to some of the area's beautiful and unusual attractions. I also considered it my motherly "duty" to introduce Carynn to my favorite places.

With those thoughts in mind, Tuesday morning we headed out to show Carynn and Ty the park. We bought our yearly pass ($75.00-expensive, yes, but good for ALL Utah state parks) and as we drove through the park we pointed out some of the features. We drove to an overlook just outside the park boundaries and Michael (and Carynn) took some pictures. It being an overlook with a tremendous drop, both Carynn and I were in what I like to call, "Keep Ty from injuring himself mode." As he's an avid explorer this is not always an easy task. Ty enjoyed his exploring and we kept our eyes open to things (rocks, cactus, dangerous drop-offs) that could hurt him. This did not stop him from enjoying his exploratory forays at all, and yes, he did fall a time or two; but nothing that was injurious to him or our mental health.

On our way back through the park we stopped at the dunes. Ty LOVED the dunes! We made a mental note to come back with shovel and bucket so he could dig to his heart's content. What made everything so much more enjoyable was that it was over 50 degrees so we were comfortable in our sweatshirts and you could actually be outside without freezing.

THAT is the reason we have come south again for the winter. We're so glad that Carynn and Ty can experience that with us.

NS