As most of you know Sara and I dragged Mom & Dad off with us and our boys on a vacation the first week June.
We left for Vernal on Monday and got there late enough that we didn't have to pay the $12 entrance fee for the park. When we took Hunter and Marcus to the bathroom before putting them in bed we found a little toad hanging out near the drinking fountain, I quickly caught it so that they could look at it closer. I then let it go. The next morning while eating breakfast they spotted a lizard on a big rock in our camp area, so I made a slipknot out of a weed and gently looped it over its head so that again they could look at it closer and even gently pet it. I thought Talmage would be scared of it but instead he went right up to it and started petting it, and even when it would move quickly or try to get away he would just stand there calmly with amazement in his eyes. After I let him go, the rest of the day Hunter and Marcus kept saying that they wish we would've kept either the toad or lizard as a pet, and wanted me to catch another one.
We then did some hiking, came back and ate lunch, then went to the Dinosaur Museum. It was really great, a lot to see and do. I believe we were there for nearly 2 hours, but the boys would've been fine if it had been there for several more. By the time we got back to the National Park/our campsite, the office had just closed so again we didn't have to pay. Just after we got into the Park, Hunter threw up in the car, so we stopped at the ranger station so we could use their hose to spray off his car seat and rinse off an old blanket as we used it to clean up. Hunter was basically in bed the rest of the evening and Marcus shortly followed having worn himself out. Just after it was dark, Talmage said he wanted to look for lizards, and Sara told him that they might have gone to bed but there might be some toads out, and so he wanted to start looking, not one minute later they'd found a toad, so I quickly went and caught it and then caught a few moths for it to eat. It now enjoys its own Terrarium suite with crickets served often
That night a storm rolled in pelting us with wind and rain, so we were all really glad that we were in a tent trailer instead of just a tent, especially the next morning when we were able to cook pancakes inside it. After a couple hours we then packed up and drove home.
We went to Gateway Discovery the next day and then Hill Air Froce Museum on Friday.
