Nature! Right in our own backyard!

So following our first camping trip, Jane has become a hiker and nature lover apparently. We discovered the Rock Canyon Trail right next to our house. Saturday we got up early and decided to venture up the trail and explore something new. It turned out to be a beautiful hike up into the canyon. There was a little river that went along most of the trail and we stopped to throw rocks in it numerous times. Jane quickly discovered that boys have an obsession with throwing rocks, especially into things like rivers or lakes, but mostly the rock throwing is the main fascination. I managed to stop several times over the course of our hike in order to investigate several different rocks and occasionally sticks. There was a lot of fire rings and places to camp along the way, nothing official but we are thinking of taking a little camping trip up there now. The trail was pretty rocky for most of the way and entirely uphill. We probably went about 2 miles up and up until we reached a gorgeous little spot that in one direction overlooked Provo and the canyon, and then behind it looked down into a valley of trees and the river and the mountains.
All in all it was a successful adventure to something we didn't know we had right in our own backyard and we look forward to doing it again!