Hiking the Red Cliffs

Friday afternoon we decided to hike the Red Cliffs! It was beautiful and of course HOT! We learned in a hurry that summer is not the time to hike in southern Utah! Besides the heat we had a great time climbing up through the red rocks and exploring! Just off the trail was this old dead tree that looked just like a dinosaur! The kids thought that was the coolest thing ever! Supposedly if you hike a while you will stumble upon a nice little pond to cool off in. After hiking a short while we passed two people that said we should just turn around now and head back. They looked exhausted and said they had hiked the whole way and found that the nice cool pond had completely dried up except a small part that was absolutely nasty and dirty! They told us that they wished they had had someone to tell them to turn around. So after hearing that we turn around and took our time back down the trail. We want to try it again but of course when it is Spring or Fall weather:)!