GrandCalifornian
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On Friday, Marshall and I got up just after sunrise and took the dogs for a walk around the campground.
I slept in again because that’s what vacation is for
It was nice to get some energy out of them before we left them in the trailer for a while when we went to breakfast. We had plans to visit one of our favorite places up there, the Thunderbird hotel and restaurant in Mt. Carmel junction. This resort on the East side of Zion was founded by a family and then ran by the wife once the husband passed away, at a time when women were not commonly running businesses in Utah.
The small town of Mt. Carmel Junction is onlyabout 20 minutes North of the campground, so we headed up there for breakfast.
On the way we saw some more cows, which required more pictures.
We have to take pictures of all of the cows. The Thunderbird is a great little restaurant and a perfect breakfst spot.
Paul and I split the stuffed biscuits.
The stuffed biscuits are great. They are biscuits and gravy with sausage and eggs and cheese and hash browns. It is quite a meal, and plenty to share.
Allie got french toast and Marshall got pancakes. They gave the kids Wikki Sticks to play with at the table which are pretty fun. I got new glasses out of the deal.
We love Wiki Stix. I remember playing with them on vacation when I was Allie's Age.
After breakfast we checked out the little gift shop at the resort. It is typlical tourist fare, but it gave us a chance to bring gifts home to everyone at the office.
It is a great touristy spot to grab fun souvenirs and we always find fun things for pet sitters and family.
After we left there, Allie and Grandma had big plans.
Starting a few years ago, they have been spending the last night of each Utah trip in St. George together in a hotel. They get to go visit the antique shops and thrift stores in there, and generally have a great time with just the two of them. They both look forward to this part of the trip so much, so there was no reason to skip it this year.
It’s fun bonding time for them and gives us time with just Marshall. It works out well.
Oh I almost forgot, Thunderbird has great pies! I got a whole strawberry rhurbarb pie to bring home.
We headed back to the campground with Grandpa (and the pie) and let the dogs out of their trailer jails.
Oh and dear Maverick made a mess out of his crate. At least we think it was him, we aren’t sure who the culprit was but the damage was pretty stinky if you know what I mean. We had to throughly clean out the trailer and wash Mav.
That was when being able to open up the back door of the trailer and air everything out worked really well. We just can't have super nice things...
Ahh such is life with our crazy crew. There’s always something going on.
After we got everything all cleaned up we decided to play another game of Skip Bo with Grandpa and Marshall.
We had fun playing cards together. Later in the afternoon we decided to go for a drive to fly the drones over the meadow and at the other end of the park where the water had washed the road out. It was a fun destination for us boys instead of going for a ride in the dune buggies. Marshall did a great job, and even flew the drones himself and landed them in the bed of the truck.
I stayed in camp with the dogs and caught up on some reading. We do have a tv in the trailer but we didn’t even set it up this trip.
As we made it back to camp the clouds were building, and before long it began to sprinkle again. We sat in our trailer for a while and played some more games, then Grandpa and I decided to head to town to pick up pizza for dinner.
Marshall stayed with me and we learned how to play a new game called Forbidden Island. It was alot of fun and he really enjoyed it. It’s a more cooperative game which was right up his alley. We ended up loosing but only barely.
In town, we went to one of our other favorite restaurants, Lotsa Motsa Pizza where we ordered a large pizza to go. It rained most of the way there and back, but we got good dinner out of the deal so we were happy.
They do have great pizza. The rain just made for a super peaceful evening, after dinner when it let up we walked up to the ranger station for a little wifi and some icecream.
We got to meet the rangers new puppy Banquet. He was adorable.
He was super cute, and it was neat to meet him. It was a nice way to round out a great day.
Next up, we pack up and adventure home.
I slept in again because that’s what vacation is for
It was nice to get some energy out of them before we left them in the trailer for a while when we went to breakfast. We had plans to visit one of our favorite places up there, the Thunderbird hotel and restaurant in Mt. Carmel junction. This resort on the East side of Zion was founded by a family and then ran by the wife once the husband passed away, at a time when women were not commonly running businesses in Utah.
The small town of Mt. Carmel Junction is onlyabout 20 minutes North of the campground, so we headed up there for breakfast.
On the way we saw some more cows, which required more pictures.
We have to take pictures of all of the cows. The Thunderbird is a great little restaurant and a perfect breakfst spot.
Paul and I split the stuffed biscuits.
The stuffed biscuits are great. They are biscuits and gravy with sausage and eggs and cheese and hash browns. It is quite a meal, and plenty to share.
Allie got french toast and Marshall got pancakes. They gave the kids Wikki Sticks to play with at the table which are pretty fun. I got new glasses out of the deal.
We love Wiki Stix. I remember playing with them on vacation when I was Allie's Age.
After breakfast we checked out the little gift shop at the resort. It is typlical tourist fare, but it gave us a chance to bring gifts home to everyone at the office.
It is a great touristy spot to grab fun souvenirs and we always find fun things for pet sitters and family.
After we left there, Allie and Grandma had big plans.
Starting a few years ago, they have been spending the last night of each Utah trip in St. George together in a hotel. They get to go visit the antique shops and thrift stores in there, and generally have a great time with just the two of them. They both look forward to this part of the trip so much, so there was no reason to skip it this year.
It’s fun bonding time for them and gives us time with just Marshall. It works out well.
Oh I almost forgot, Thunderbird has great pies! I got a whole strawberry rhurbarb pie to bring home.
We headed back to the campground with Grandpa (and the pie) and let the dogs out of their trailer jails.
Oh and dear Maverick made a mess out of his crate. At least we think it was him, we aren’t sure who the culprit was but the damage was pretty stinky if you know what I mean. We had to throughly clean out the trailer and wash Mav.
That was when being able to open up the back door of the trailer and air everything out worked really well. We just can't have super nice things...
Ahh such is life with our crazy crew. There’s always something going on.
After we got everything all cleaned up we decided to play another game of Skip Bo with Grandpa and Marshall.
We had fun playing cards together. Later in the afternoon we decided to go for a drive to fly the drones over the meadow and at the other end of the park where the water had washed the road out. It was a fun destination for us boys instead of going for a ride in the dune buggies. Marshall did a great job, and even flew the drones himself and landed them in the bed of the truck.
I stayed in camp with the dogs and caught up on some reading. We do have a tv in the trailer but we didn’t even set it up this trip.
As we made it back to camp the clouds were building, and before long it began to sprinkle again. We sat in our trailer for a while and played some more games, then Grandpa and I decided to head to town to pick up pizza for dinner.
Marshall stayed with me and we learned how to play a new game called Forbidden Island. It was alot of fun and he really enjoyed it. It’s a more cooperative game which was right up his alley. We ended up loosing but only barely.
In town, we went to one of our other favorite restaurants, Lotsa Motsa Pizza where we ordered a large pizza to go. It rained most of the way there and back, but we got good dinner out of the deal so we were happy.
They do have great pizza. The rain just made for a super peaceful evening, after dinner when it let up we walked up to the ranger station for a little wifi and some icecream.
We got to meet the rangers new puppy Banquet. He was adorable.
He was super cute, and it was neat to meet him. It was a nice way to round out a great day.
Next up, we pack up and adventure home.