The Bradshaws: Bryce Canyon Adventure!

For our wedding Tim and I got a ton of camping stuff but we just haven’t really had the chance to use it…until our weekend trip to Bryce Canyon that is! Oh yeah. This was right at the top of our summer to do list and since we had a nice 4 day weekend for Memorial Day we decided that that was a great time to do it. Tim’s buddies Colby, his wife Christine, Coleman, and his wife Xochi joined us to make it extra fun.

We stayed at this little campground 5 minutes from Bryce canyon that had a lake, a cute little stream, and lots of beautiful pine trees! I loved that we got some green in with all that red rock. Tim and I got to the campground a little earlier than everyone else and we got everything set up. It was SO windy though, so we pretty much had to weigh everything down with rocks. We explored a little around the lake before everyone came- and when they did we were sooo ready for those tin foil dinners!

We had so much fun just hanging around the fire with everyone making lots of s’mores of course! (Have I mentioned we are obsessed with s’mores?) The next morning Colby and Christine made a delicious meal of breakfast burritos with eggs, sausage, salsa, and cheese. Mmm mmm! Oh, did I mention that it hailed on us that morning!? Insane. We played games inside of their tent until it stopped so we could go hiking. Eventually it did stop and we warmed up a bit, so we left to go hiking around Bryce Canyon. Can I just say- BEUUUTIFUL! The views were spectacular, and it was funny seeing how much Timmy was afraid of the edge. It was so windy while we were hiking that we were afraid we’d blow off!

We hiked all the way down into the canyon then all the way back up. Good thing Coleman and Xochi provided lovely sack lunches for the hike because we were starving. By the time we got back to the campground we were ready to start making some dindin. We had chili dogs, chips, and baked beans and of course some more s’mores for dessert! I love camping food!

Everyone else left us Saturday night, but Tim and I left Sunday morning. It was so peaceful to wake up early and just enjoy this beautiful world that was made for us. Tim and I made some oatmeal and hot cocoa for breakfast, and were so content just to sit around the warm fire. We packed up pretty early and made the trek back home- very stinky and so very happy.