Girls Backpacking Trip

I headed to Southern Utah with three other adventurous chicks to backpack for 3 days. It was our Mother's Day gifts to ourselves. We drove down through the night to Grand Gulch canyon, got a few uncomfortable hours of sleep in the car, and hiked in the next morning. We spent the next three days hiking a total of almost 30 miles through the beautiful and WARM canyon in search of Anasazi ruins and petroglyphs. It is amazing to come across old dwellings, granaries, and petroglyphs. I am intrigued that people thrived in these hot and dry canyons. I loved to sit in the canyon and imagine what their everyday lives would have been like. 

It was so fun to backpack with these ladies. We had such fun and uplifting (and inappropriate at times) conversations. It was also nice to have quiet time to reflect and just be. It was the perfect thing before Mother's Day to take a break and come back revived and appreciative

Hiking in...

Hiking out.

Meet the crew:

Day 1

Bannister Ruins

It was fun getting to know Summer- what better way than backpacking?!

The cooks

Camp

(My favorite is the hanging packs, in an effort to try and keep the sand out.)

Day 2

A granary where the Anasazi stored their food- it is cool to still be able to see the dried up corn cobs

Jeni, my cute workout/adventurous friend

The wall of hands

Amazing Anasazi Rock Art

Katie, my kick-butt trainer/friend

Day 3

What a cute little family! They even have a dog.

The picture makes me laugh. We are all laughing because my skirt was blowing up in the back. (Don't worry- it has built in shorts.)

Filtering water from one of the springs/puddles