Zions finale

After ice cream, we headed over to the emerald pools hike. Brandon had to potty just as we reached the trail head, so Mike took him back toward the bathrooms while the rest of us forged ahead!

Elise and Audrey!

Cute little Syd Syd

Beautiful Amanda! This is the point where our group got separated! I spotted Mike & Brandon on the trail below, so I decided to wait so that they knew which way to go. The rest of the group headed toward the middle pool. When I met up with B and Mike, we didn't see the rest of the group. Brandon was a great little hiker...resembling a mountain goat....so we thought we'd keep going to see if our group went to the upper pool.

We reached the upper pool and our group was no where to be found! But, Mike & Brandon found some big rocks to climb on. It was beautiful. Mike and I had done this hike before, but it was in a year where there wasn't anywhere near this much water!

Unfortunately, at this point Brandon slipped and got both his feet wet. But, he didn't complain and hiked the rest of the way back in wet shoes!

Here we are at the stairs where we lost the others! B and I are holding up the wall! We caught up with everyone and figured out they had just gone past the middle pool down another trail that took them out of this area. By this time, everyone was exhausted and hungry! It was getting really late, so we stopped in Springdale for dinner at Oscar's. It was great food and warm enough that we sat outside! Loved this whole day!