Hiking Annie's Canyon

Dad came to visit us!!  We made him go on a hike. I was actually pretty excited because Annie's Canyon was open and I had heard fun things about it.  It did not disappoint.  However, we were not smart enough..... Well, let me explain....

There are some vague signs.  They are not really helpful.  You hike along this lovely trail and it is quite enjoyable.  Eventually you reach a sign that directs you to the left for the Moderate Trail, and right for the Difficult Trail.  We thought, hey, we don't want "difficult", so we went to the left.  

Unfortunately, Annie's Canyon has a circular trail and the sign was the indicator.  Had we gone to the right, we would have climbed up the slot candy, and then back down the "moderate" trail.  As it was, we climbed up the moderate trail and ended up ay the top of the canyon and totally missed the fun stuff.  You are only allowed to climb one way through the canyon, so we had to backtrack down to the sign and make the more appropriate choice.  

And it was awesome!  I have even more photos than this!!  But it was necessary to document this fantastic hike, with all family members present, plus Dad!

Yep, this guy was there!

And it was a lovely hike.

We did a little detour to check out the water.

And if it can be climbed, then it must be!

Callie may not be quite so adventurous as Marian, but she still has fun.

Rylee and Marian in the tree. Too bad the lighting was wrong.

Ah, here we are at the top of the canyon.

Quite majestic and picturesque.

Oh yeah, and there were lizards to be found!

This silly goober and her Grandfather.

She is a silly goober and I love her!

I think Dad enjoyed himself.

Delaney had a really good day and had a fun morning.

Posing on the rock.

And here we are, hiking back the proper way to most appropriately enjoy this activity.

Isn't this cool?!!

She climbed up the side to reach this point.  I don't think we would have done it if a guy hadn't mentioned that people had carved pictures and stuff into the soft stone.

Group shot!

Look!  Me and my Dad!

Look how narrow it was for part of it.

Not too narrow for this guy.

My favorite people!

Yeah, I'm so cool, I needed a selfie to prove it!