Slot Canyon: Little Wild Horse Canyon

 This trail was located 5.4 miles from Goblin State Park.  None of us had ever been in a slot canyon before.  "A slot canyon is a narrow canyon, formed by the wear of water rushing through rock.  A slot canyon is significantly deeper than it is wide." 

The trail started out in a wide wash with this lone sizable Cottonwood tree.

 We encountered many unique cairns/rock sculptures along the way.

 Before too long we found ourselves in a wide canyon with many reminders of what the rushing water could do.

 As we got farther in the canyon kept getting narrower and narrower.

The water was pretty deep so all the shoes came off and the little people had to be carried.  The water was CCCcccccoooollllddddd!

 We kept waiting for him to split his pants.

After working so hard we let our feet warm up in a small spot of sun we found and chowed lunch before the sun disappeared.

We turned around here.  We weren't sure if the kids would be able to do the Bell Canyon loop without tons of complaining and they were having fun weaving between the rocks.

 Q wanted to bring this back but three miles is a long way to carry that heavy of a rock!

 Waiting for Poppa to squeeze his way out of the slots!

Hike: Little Wild Horse Canyon
Trails Used: Little Wild Horse Canyon

Distance:  6.17 miles
Difficulty: Easy, but tight in locations, had to wade through water
Overall average: 2.2 mph
Overall Time: 2 hr, 47 min
Total Ascent: 1033 ft.

Canoeing on Jenny Lake

 

Agreed to another 'no hiking' day for the kids.  We decided to canoe (1.95 miles) on Lake Jenny instead.  It's a very pretty little lake.  The kids each had their own mini paddles and tried to do their own thing. When they got tired we would look under the water and grab on to logs that we passed.  They seemed to enjoy it.  We did have to lie and say that Q was five otherwise they wouldn't have let us do it. 

 

 We stopped for a little break to wade in the water and snack before we headed back.

 After the canoe, we passed the river area where I saw a family making cairns in the river.  I love cairns so I couldn't miss the photo op.

 The youngish kids were actually putting a ton of effort and thought into making them too.  They didn't just take the easy way out by putting the large rocks on the bottom and working their way up.

 I liked the play of the neighboring mountains peaks showing on this mountain.

 We did a Junior Ranger hike w/ Ranger Steven.  We ended up getting our own personal tour due to a misunderstanding but we heard lots of interesting stories about the Lake Jenny area that we might not have gotten otherwise.

 We came back to Jackson Lake in the late afternoon and took another dip in the lake and played w/ the rocks on the shoreline.

 Daddy out swimming:

 One of the few times we put Q down for her nap.  She sure looks comfy in the hammock!

 We needed to get this big, obnoxious piece of wood cut for the fire.

 The s'more before cooking w/ the pie iron:

 The after ooey, gooey, goodness: