Escalante - Southern Utah Day 3

May 12, 2012 - Saturday

Later Friday night the Sumsions joined us and Rachael was no longer the only girl, now there were 3. We were so happy to have them join us and we enjoyed seeing the night away with multiple games of scum and loads of yummy treats.

We started the morning off with a quick trip to the visitors center. This time it was open and they had some pretty cool exhibits inside. We planned our day out, packed lunches and headed up a bumpy dirt road to Posey Lake. The turnoff from the cabin was literally .2 miles. Although the lake was only 15 miles from the cabin it took a good 45 minutes to get there because of the roads and inclines.

Posey Lake

 It's a good thing we brought our jackets because with the higher elevation the temperatures were a lot cooler. But the lake was beautiful and we enjoyed a nice lunch and relaxed on the dock.

Some of the kids even did some fishing, thanks to John for bringing all of his gear!

These kids are just the cutest, 12 of them 7 years old and younger. What a group!

Decided it was time to get a group shot... Say cheese!

Ok, now not so serious...

 The turnoff for Hells Backbone was literally just down the road from Pose Lake. We contemplated seeing it but the dirt roads were very rough and one of the cars in our group ended up with a hole in one of their tires of their brand new Yukon. Bummer. So we started our trek back down to see if we could fix the problem. Luckily there is one working gas station in Escalante and they were able to fill their tire up and find a tire repair store that was 45 minutes away. They headed out to get a new tire (the puncture was really bad and not safe for a long travel home) and we took a couple of their boys with us to Devil's garden. 


Once again we traveled a few miles down another insanely bumpy dirt road but it was well worth the trip. This place was a kids paradise with so much to climb on and incredible rock formations everywhere.

Devil's Garden

The whole trip the boys were chasing and trying to catch these lizards running everywhere. Finally Jeff was able to catch one for them. 

While up at Posey Lake they boys collected wood and threw it all into the back of our car. Once we got back to the cabin I promised them they could roast marshmallows if they would unload the wood and take it down to the fire pit. All of them did just that and after dinner they held me to my promise.


So I headed out with the boys and am proud to say that I started this fire all by myself. The only cheat I had was a couple matches and then the boys found a couple pieces of newspaper. I was happy:)
I really enjoyed this part, just relaxing and enjoying the fire while eating smores on our last night there. It was a gorgeous night and most everyone made there way out to join us.

Once the kids were all in bed we all enjoyed more games of Scum after trying to get a telescope to work (it was a failed effort though).