Canyon Trip

Bridal Veil Falls

Addie, Bailey, & Cam at the top of Bridal Veil Falls

Addie getting sprayed by the waterfall.

Addie & Cam at the top, you can see our van at the bottom.

Bailey, Addie, & Cam under the falls.

Bridal Veil Falls, underneath Lower Fall.

Bridal Veil Falls, Lower Fall.

American Fork Canyon

Grove of Aspen trees in A.F. Canyon.

Snowy mountains in A.F. Canyon.

Hiking Cascade Springs

Cascade Springs

Cam helping Emery down the trail.

Emery, Cascade Springs.

Bailey, Cascade Springs.

Cam, Cascade Springs

Addie, Cascade Springs

Emery running around.

Cascade Springs above the bridge.

Addie eating lunch.

Emery and Cam enjoying lunch.

The whole fam at Cascade Springs.

Chase went to a friend's going away party up American Fork Canyon and got a 3 day pass for $6.00 , so we went up the canyon over the weekend. We packed a lunch and headed up A.F. canyon to hike around Cascade Springs.

We had known Emery has a fear of heights, but didn't know to what extent until our drive through the canyon. She was in the middle, not even next to the door, because our chairs slide over, but she was completely freaked out. She just kept making "Chewbacca" noises which would intensify any time we came upon a big drop off or open cliff. She was borderline tears, but mostly kept making the panicked "Chewbacca" sounds. We'd driven up this canyon before, but I guess she was younger and may have even been rear facing in her carseat. Previous to this I knew she had a fear of being up on changing tables. Any time I'd take her in to change her diaper at church she would freak out, try to get up, cling to me, and say "Fall!" over and over again. I would try to reassure her that she wouldn't fall and say, "I got ya". This never helps and she only says, "Fall!", "Gotcha!". Also, at Ceri's graduation when Emery was getting ancy during the cerimony, Chase took her up the stairs of a nearby building. The building had like 5 floors and Chase went up to the top and held her up and Emery clawed Chase's back in fear. Well, we finally got to Cascade Falls and Emery seemed to calm down and enjoyed all the water and running around on the kid friendly trails. The only other panic moment Emery had was when Chase held her up to take a picture on the bridge, even that height made her nervous.

We actually drove the Alpine Loop which went back down through Provo Canyon. The views were great and it was really nice weather and a fun little outing. The drive down through Provo Canyon wasn't as terrifying for Emery and she did a lot better, not as many drop-offs. On our drive back through Provo Canyon we stopped at Bridal Veil Falls which was fun, but crowded. Chase ended up taking the 3 older kids up the trail to the lower falls and I stayed at the bottom with Emery. I ended up just chasing Emery around and fighting off some box elder bugs, but it was ok. I took Emery down a jogging/biking trail, but she wanted out of the stroller. So, I gave her a shot at walking by herself, but had to abandon that once she was determined to veer into the biking lane, which caused some problems for the on-coming bikers.

The kids all came back with filthy bums after sliding down the trail. We were all tuckered out and hot and decided we all needed some refreshment, so we headed back to the car. We drove to Costco and got frozen yogurt, berry smoothies, and Costco icecream bars. Everybody picked something different. All in all it was a beautiful, fun, successful adventure up the canyon.