We had a Sorensen Family Camping Trip at Navajo Lake (outside of Cedar City in Southern Utah). We camped just across the street from the lake in our pop-up trailer. Jenny and Kelly and the boys met us up there for a couple of the days. One day we drove over to Escalante (a pretty long drive), but we had fun climbing on the all the rock formations. We hit a deer with our minivan on the way back to camp that night. Another day we drove over to Mammoth Caves (in Duck Creek - just a few miles) and walked through the cave. We didn't think the littlest kids would enjoy that very much - the darkness and cold and such, so we left Ben and Megan and some of the other youngsters behind with Sean. We also took a little hike along a pretty shabby (and falling apart trail) to a small waterfall and a beautiful view. We even braved the water in the lake one afternoon. It was pretty chilly, so we were only in it for a short time. The morning that we were packing up it decided to down pour (you know, one of those Utah storms that comes in with a vengeance). We drove down to Cedar City and stopped at the park at the base of the mountain. We barbequed and played volleyball. The kids played in the little creek and then in the mud. It was funny to watch Ben, who usually doesn't get into that crazy, messy boy business. He got right down in there with Jesse. They were running and jumping into the mud and then rollin' around in it. Grandma was getting a real kick out of seeing Ben in there like that. Then we headed home.
