Subway....way better than the sandwich

Ron and I took a week off and headed to Utah to meet Jason & Lincoln and do some wicked hiking. Lincoln did all the planning & driving. We showed up and did as we were told. The Subway in Zion Nat. Park was first on the list.

Photo by Jason

Over the decades the water created some interesting rock formations.

Photo by Lincoln

There was some rappelling down large rocks and off cliffs to the canyon bottom. Nothing too dangerous or hard core, we are so sporty. Our trip mantra was "Shelly would not approve". Shelly missed the trip, but was constantly a part of the conversation. Especially when we were doing something...well that we knew Shelly would not approve of.

Photo by Lincoln

The pictures came out great but it is hard to capture the canyons and the Subway. The immensity of the canyon, the vibrant oranges of the rocks, the shocking greens of the flora and deep blues of the pools seems to be too much for the camera to handle all at once. We tried anyway.

Photo by Jessie

There was some chilly swimming through pools that dotted the canyon floor.

Photo by Lincoln

The Bellmen are all grown up, sort of. Jason & Shelly are all married and junk, Lincoln's got a real job as a TV anchor, and Ron...well he has me and we have a couch, 2 fish and a cat.

Photo by Jessie

We all have cats and the entire week we talked about them in a pathetic/humorous parental pride sort of way. This is the first time we all have been out of the GNP transient life style and were allowed to have pets since we were kids. Lincoln left first to pursue his dream of looking good and talking pretty. Then Shelson (Shelly & Jason) ventured into the "real world". Ron and I are easing into it with jobs that are considered "full-time seasonal". The cat conversations were pretty entertaining, we even got Shelly on the phone to discuss the little guys. Good times.

Photo by Jason

After a hard day of hiking we headed back to Lincoln's place to unwind with an intense game of Knock Out. ( A souped up version of Jenga where you have to knock out which ever color block you roll on the dice with a battery operated jackhammer without knocking out the solid block)

Photo by Jessie

We had such a good time we miss you guys!