Hovenweep

The Friday that school got out, we headed out camping with some friends the Smarts down to Monticello to camp. It was a super long drive and while in the past our kids have been amazing, the last few drives have become a bit cumbersome. A few weeks previous we had traveled down to Moab to camp, and the week before driven to Idaho for Memorial Day, so I think they had had their fill of traveling. Although once we arrive to our destination they are always thrilled. Our kids really enjoy camping. So do I as long as we are in a trailer :).
We camped in a canyon right out of Monticello called Blue Mountain, and it was beautiful! It rained at least once a day which actually was nice (except for the giant thunderbolt that I thought had to have hit right by us!) and kept it cool and also everything so green! There was a little pond that the kids fished at, and luckily we were with master fisherman Calvin, who helped Gavin catch a fish.
One of the days we drove a ways away to an Indian ruin called Hovenweap. There were a bunch of ruins that you hiked through. Brooklyn thought it was the coolest thing ever and kept asking my to take a million pictures of everything. It was pretty hot and the bugs were biting like crazy! Gavin is not a hiker, so poor Spencer had to carry him most of the way since he was whining so much, we'll have to work on that.