Goblin Valley & Little Wild Horse Canyon

Last month the boys and I, along with our friends who live at Mystic Hot Springs in Monroe, Utah went on a short camping trip to Goblin Valley State Park.  

When we went to pick up our friends, on our way to Goblin Valley, they were just starting a circus workshop with Mango & Dango, and invited the boys to join in.  They all loved it!  They practiced their cartwheels and also learned some very tricky acrobatic balancing on each other.  When the workshop was over we packed their stuff into our truck and headed out.

Not the perfect time to be in the desert (upper 90's) but we made due and the fact that we almost had the place to ourselves was plus.

Our campsite.  The kids had fun climbing on the rocks and playing various  imaginative games while doing so.

Around the campground:

Kyan and I

Kyan

Waxing Gibbous Moon

In the Valley Of Goblins

Little Wild Horse Canyon, a beautiful kid-friendly slot canyon.

On our way home we backtracked a little to stop at a local burger joint for lunch, in Hanksville, Utah.  

 This is a place I remember coming to as a child on our way to/from Lake Powell, our annual summer vacation.  Right next to it is the "Hollow Mountain" convenience store and gas station, which is built right inside the rock.

View from a rest stop that we spent a little time at

Even the rest stops in southern Utah have beautiful scenery:)