I had a model kit project I needed paints for, and the only hobby store to carry them were not around us. So we decided to make a day trip out of it! We brought suit heads along and headed out. It was thankfully a beautiful sunny day today. We made it to the town we needed to go to, and got what I needed at the hobby store. Then we headed off for the canyon road! To my knowledge, I had not been down this road before, so it felt like a new adventure.
We apologize for all the arm showing on this post haha, it was hot and on adventure days we often take head only photos for convenience.
We made it to the canyon road and soon enough we found ourselves surrounded by huge desert mountains and cliffs.
We apologize for all the arm showing on this post haha, it was hot and on adventure days we often take head only photos for convenience.
We made it to the canyon road and soon enough we found ourselves surrounded by huge desert mountains and cliffs.
We agreed to stop at every pull off we saw to get photos and explore. We saw one pretty quickly after entering the canyon. So we pulled over, there wasn't a whole lot of room on the side of the road so we had to be extra careful, but we got neat photos of this canyon wall!
Every time we heard cars coming we got as much off the road as we could. We had a lot of people wave and honk at us while we were here hahaha. We got some fun photos and videos then went back to our car and continued down the road.
The next stop had a neat channel so I got a quick photo here.
The next stop had a neat channel so I got a quick photo here.
We continued after this spot and found a very large pull off on a corner. We saw a game trail heading to the top of this hill and decided, why not, lets climb it! So we grabbed suit heads and started climbing up. Some of the rocks did not wanna stay in place but we made it to the top safely and the view was awesome!
We walked around the top and took in the view for a bit, explored around before putting suit heads on and taking photos and videos. Don't worry, we stayed well away from the edge as it was a long fall, always be safe!
We walked around a bit more and from another area you can look down at the road, to which Grave had fun with haha.
This spot was definitely my favorite of the day! We walked around and looked at wild flowers a bit before walking back down the hill to our car. We got the suits safely back in and continued down the road.
We were driving for a while before finding another pull off, this one was river side!
We were driving for a while before finding another pull off, this one was river side!
We enjoyed the sounds of the water and throwing rocks into the river a bit before continuing down the road. We had hoped to stop by boat launches and camp grounds for more photos but all were so full of people we decided it was better to not.
We drove for a bit again before finding another pull off. This one had a huge wall to one side of it, it was so big we had to get a comparison photo haha.
We drove for a bit again before finding another pull off. This one had a huge wall to one side of it, it was so big we had to get a comparison photo haha.
We had fun checking out the rocks and cliffs in this spot. After I left the rock wall I went back to the side of the road with the car and we saw some paddle boarders coming down the river so I decided to wave hello.
A couple of them talked with us from the river, Grave asked where they took off from and they asked where he got his travel partner (Me in suit still haha), Grave joked I was feral and he found me on the side of the road hahaha! After they all went by we got back into the car and continued on.
The last pull off we stopped at had a very small spot of river access we decided to check out. We pulled over, I grabbed my suit and we climbed down.
The last pull off we stopped at had a very small spot of river access we decided to check out. We pulled over, I grabbed my suit and we climbed down.
The river was so calming to listen to, but there were also so many bugs, ahh!! So we got away from the immediate shore and walked around a bit. We found a little trail that went to the water again and got a couple photos.
After that we made our way back up to the car and continued on. We drove for a bit longer before between the canyon walls we could see Mount Stewart in the distance, which let us know we had reached the end of the canyon.
We made our way home and got back safely. It was a fun adventure day! We got to see lots of super cool geology and cliffs. I'm glad we explored here!
Until next adventure!
Until next adventure!