Max has had two great friends for many years and they are all graduating high school this week. He asked Nona and Papa if the cabin was free Memorial Day weekend so that he could take Andy and Colin with him to have some fun hiking and being together.
He invited Ben as well, and JB drove and cooked (and cooked some more) and organized and led the teens on the hikes.
They stopped at Bryce Canyon National Park on the way and did the Navajo Loop hike.
JB sent photos to the other moms to show they were eating well and having fun playing ping pong, relaxing in hammocks, having S'mores, etc.
On Saturday, the group did the Lower Calf Creek Falls hike. Our family has done this one before. One time, Millie did not make it far (see this post). Another time, I left her with Nona (see this post).
After these pictures, the boys jumped into the water and played.
In town, they ate well and also went to the Potato Festival.
On Sunday they went to church in Escalante. The ward was full of vacationers.
Monday morning, they did Broken Bow Arch (which I wrote about when some of our family hiked in this post). It begins at a rock formation that looks like a graduation mortar board. Fitting for these seniors!
The arch is pretty.
The hike back out can be brutal uphill. At least in my memory.
They drove back Monday afternoon and I'm so glad they had a good time.
While they were gone, on Friday night to Saturday morning I had the tent out in the backyard and dragged out some mattresses (it hurts to sleep on the ground!) and the other kids and I had a campout.
They had a water fight with neighbors on Saturday.
Then Saturday night and Sunday night Millie slept next to me in the queen bed so she thought it was a great weekend.
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