Some trips go as planned and are tons of fun. Some are a little bit harder and good opportunities to teach my children resilience. Our spring break trip was not perfect. I was solo with the kids, luckily for the most part they stepped it up and helped out.

The first day we went down to St George and went to Canyon Park and Gunlock Falls. The older kids loved racing at the park. The waterfall was beautiful. We also dealt with wet feet, Henry wandering off, a sandwich thrown in the sand, and Evie getting carsick and puking all over herself and her blanket. We made it to our hotel room and had plenty of time to play in the pool.

The next day we went to Zions. Don’t go in the spring, it’s too busy, like Disneyland busy. We also started out by having Evie throw up right by the entrance (carsick again), finding a parking spot a half-mile away, and losing her last extra pair of pants. It did get cleaned up, and Evie spent the day in her brother’s pants. (Incidentally, the last time I was there was when Peter was a toddler and he also ran out of pants and wore one of my long-sleeve t-shirts as pants.)

We did not board the shuttle bus or do any of the popular hikes. We parked a bit down the road and went to the visitors center which was super busy. But down by the river, just a few yards away from the crowd, there was hardly anyone about it that was really pretty. We drove through the tunnel, enjoyed some viewpoints, as well as parked by the side of the road, and explored some rocks and sand near the east entrance. There were actually some pretty things to do that no one was doing because they weren’t listed in a tour guide.

The rest of spring break was pretty chill. We went out to Thanksgiving Point Gardens, had friends over, flyed kites, and played a lot on the Switch.