escalante dos.

day one we woke up early.  had a-mazing breakfast souffle courtesy of chase and jason, then went on our way to peek-a-boo and spooky canyons.

peek-a-boo had us continually clamoring up and over.  it was quite the team effort periodically boosting one person up who then lent a hand to those coming after.  really ingenious at times. 

note chase's excitement.

definitely a favorite moment of the trip was when a shadow passed over me...i looked up and saw jason scampering above our heads.  here he is on his way back down but previously he was essentially planting his feet on either side and running along above us. crazy.

peek-a-boo :) 

love nycole's face here...and all the time. 

not everyone got the memo to do a kissy face. awkward.

so spooky canyon got very narrow and dark at points.  rocks had fallen in so we'd have to lower ourselves down through holes at some points 10 or so feet down.  really exhilarating.

spooky canyon actually got much narrower than the above pics.  crazy yeah?

and...self portrait.

p.s. towards the end of peek-a-boo canyon we...meaning jon...encountered a rattlesnake.  he successfully notified everyone about the snake through screaming and pushing people back (you can't really pass in the canyon).


p.p.s. jon is somewhat of a prankster so convincing danya (who was right behind him) that there was indeed a rattlesnake...also entertaining.


p.p.p.s. i found out from my grandfather today that in really narrow canyons such as this you can sometimes see stars during the day time.  apparently i should have discussed this trip with him in advance.