Camping in Vernal

 We went up camping to Steinaker park over Labor day to camping. We asked Connie to go with us and we had a blast. It was very hot but the kids found their spot in the dirt digging while we set up camp. It was a nice spot but not much shade.

 We made tinfoil dinners and they were yummy!

 After dinner we went exploring and found a fun place to play.

 There was a lake that we hiked down into and tried not to loose our shoes in the deep mud. It looked dry until you took a step and sunk super deep. It was funny.

 Pretty view.

 Of course whats a lake without throwing rocks into it.

 That night we told ghost stories and the kids did spooky faces.

 We headed to the Dinosaur museum in Vernal first thing when we woke up. It was a pretty cool museum but I think ours in Ogden was way better. The kids had fun exploring.

 We headed to Fantasy Canyon after looking at the dinosaurs. It was a pretty neat canyon of rocks that people have looked at decided that there are sculptures in them.

 This rock below is of a boxing bear. Cory Is trying to point it out. Its pretty clear.

 Did some hiking and enjoyed the beauty.

 After the fantasy canyon we headed up to see the fossils of dinosaurs on the rocks. We went to the Quarry Exhibit hall and  it was awesome. We were able to go inside this building and see the fossil embedded inside this rock they had dug and excavated. It was really neat.

 This ended our second day of fun. We had a huge hike of 1.5 miles down the trail in blazing heat and no water. We were beet red and so hot!! We left to find some icecream to cool off with and then we  had dinner which we did in the dutch oven of Lemon pepper chicken and potatoes. It was yummy.
The next morning it started to rain and we were soaked and muddy. We tried as best we could to clean up camp, but it was hard folding up tents and putting stuff in the car. Not fun. We headed out for home and stopped to see some amazing petroglyphs at McConkie ranch. It was a pretty good hike over rocks, climbing a mountain, over sticks and in the heat. We had a great time and saw some great sights.

 This mountain has Remember the Maine on it handwritten with a hand drawn flag. If you want to know more about this click on the highlighted part.

 Here is a closer image. It was really neat to see something like this on such a huge mountain.

 It was  great camping trip and a good way to end the summer.