Grand Canyon Reunion

The Updike Family Reunion took place at Grand Canyon National Park this past weekend.

It was a lot of fun, somewhat cold and very exhausting, in a good way.

Camping is not an easy thing.  Camping in cold weather is even harder.  It was only cold at night so we just made sure we bundled up.

The cousins all loved to roam in the woods behind our campsites.  They found bones, prints in the dirt and fresh animal poop.  They all absolutely loved it.  We also saw a bird show and a big IMAX movie about the Grand Canyon.

I got to go on a run with my sister.  She's training for an Ironman (woman) and wanted to run.  I'm not so good at long distant running, but we ran from our campsite to the Grand Canyon.  We had to stop and take in the views and then we ran back.  It was fun. 

Damon did a minute to win it game night.  We played 5 different games.  It was so funny to watch.  I also got to sneak away with Damon and watch the sunset over the canyon.  So pretty.

The Grand Canyon was spectacular as always.  One of these days I am going to hike down to the bottom of it.

We also went to some Indian ruins at Wupatki  National Monument as well as Sunset Crater.  My sister had been making fun of Damon all day for driving slow over our two-way radios and when we were leaving the Crater we saw her pulled over on the side of the road by a police officer.  HA!  She didn't end up getting a ticket though.

We ended up spending our last night in Flagstaff, AZ before we drove back home.  We were all so excited to shower at our hotel in Flagstaff. 

It was Lily's first camping trip and she did a fabulous job and absolutely loved every minute of it.  We are so glad we were able to go and spend time with our family.