Western National Parks Trip-day 3

Yesterday we got up early and headed for Salt Lake City. We saw the Capitol building and then we headed back to the Museum of Natural History. We were there four years ago and although we enjoyed it, it was not as amazing as we remembered it. It was the first Museum of Natural History that we had been to and so remembered it as very amazing. But since then, we have been to much better ones. We still enjoyed it. Lots of rocks, which is always a big hit around here! We walked around the Mormon Temple a little bit because the kids couldn't really remember it from the last time we did it. We didn't do the tour or anything, just walked the grounds. Then, we headed to our friends the Brandleys. They fed us dinner from their backyard overlooking the mountains of Provo. Very beautiful!! Then we headed up for a little hike up a waterfall. (The kids literally walked up the waterfall!)

Today we drove about three hours to Arches National Park. We spent the morning hiking and driving around this beautiful place. It was really hot and so we decided to take a couple hours off in the afternoon and swim at our hotel and then go back in the evening. This was a great decision because it was beautiful there this evening. We watched the sun setting over the rocks. It is an amazing world that our God created!! (I'm not sure how to choose which of the hundreds of pictures to post, but I'm just going to grab a couple for now!)