Monday morning, we went to Walnut Canyon. Rain was forecasted for the afternoon, so we made sure to get moving in the morning to get the hike in beforehand. Lesson learned; always hike with ponchos no matter what. We told the kids that it was an easy hike (we've done it before) but there are a lot of stairs going down into the canyon and anyone who didn't complain, got to pick out candy afterwards. I'm not sure that was even necessary because the kids did AWESOME.
Eli was feeling extra tough this trip and wanted the camera to know it :)
Ironically, this was the one day of the trip that I did my hair...
It lasted 5 minutes before we started feeling sprinkles.
The sprinkles just continued to get harder. Colin did not like his hair getting wet.
But Eli LOVED it. This was his favorite part of the whole trip.
I have no idea what Colin is doing, but he always is cracking us up.
There were plenty of cliff dwellings for us to pop in and try to stay dry for a minute, but the more we got wet, the colder we got.
It was wet, but refreshing. It's been way too long since any of us have seen rain and we were definitely okay with feeling a little chilly for a bit. The whole point of going was to cool off, so check! It was beautiful just to sit and watch the rain pour into the canyon.
I can't believe how quickly the kids were able to climb out of the canyon in the pouring rain...they were rockstars! We changed clothes and went to Brandy's for a hot bowl of soup. Our last stop was the downtown candy shop for the kids to pick out a treat. Eli got a bag of jelly beans, which doubled as entertainment as they tried to guess the flavors and Alison and Colin got a lollipop and chocolate covered pretzel.
I'm really going to miss our September Flagstaff trips, they have been a huge blessing to me the last three years. Hopefully we find an equally cool place to visit next year, but there is something so soothing about this place to me.
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