Fall has arrived in our little Cedar City town. We packed up the kids first thing and headed out to the open mountain air, with Conference blaring in the background. I should note, things were not as easy getting ready as I just made them sound. The morning consisted of slow breakfast eaters, dish doing, lunch making, kids dressing, bottle making, and the occasional threat that one may get left, if one continues their decision making. Just keeping it real, since, years from now, when I (and my kids) look back on this experience, I want to remind them that it is still a good thing to go through all the rug-a-moro of leaving to get to see the beautiful amazement that is Cedar City in the fall.
Case in point:
These were just a few of the lovely leaves we saw this afternoon. I love these ones with a hint of the green still on them, and the rest a vibrant gold. Reminds me of lemon lime, for some reason?
Anyway, James and I had planned on taking them up the canyon to see the leaves for quite some time. It can be a time sensitive activity, since it can snow, or we get a major storm, and all the lovely colorful leaves can be gone. Glad to have waited till the first weekend in October to go. The leaves did not disappoint, and my littles got to appreciate the beauty with us. We packed a picnic and ate at a little picnic area along the way. We took pictures, and headed down to Panguitch lake to fish.
Grant has decided that he likes to fish, ever since he took a fishing trip with his Uncle David, Grandpa Killpack, his dad, and his cousin Brett. He did not catch anything then or today, and although he got close today to giving up for good, he never fully did, and kept on trying. Another fishing trip will followlow. We also got Audrey to try it out:
Of course, Adam and I were there, so I had to get a few of him. He is a new walker, and the beach at the lake was extremely rocky. So I sufficed with a selfie:
He was a trooper, and we forgive him for crying almost the entire way up. Seriously. Wailing. The whole way. Then we fed him an early lunch and he slept peacefully until we arrived at Panguitch Lake. The weather was a bit chilly and windy, but the kids had a great time fishing. Love that Grant took his dump truck and will be sad when he is too old to bother with it. For now, though, he thinks it is the greatest thing.
Audrey wore flip flops. In the cold mountainous region, she hiked around all day in the flip flops she wore all summer. Made a point to tell her, that we are in fall. Time to retire the flip flops.
On our way back down the mountain we saw a road we have never been on. Vista Ridge? Vista Road? Can't remember, but we took it, and were blown away with the view.
