After a leisure evening in camp, we were joined by a longtime friend Nate, and his friend Nate, Jonathan D. and his crew just down the wash, as well as Joseph.
Nate's friend, Nate was on a much needed break from completing his residency at Primary Children's Hospital. Jonathan came over from Durango with his family and a couple of other families in tow to see the area. Joseph hat spent some time in Moab for Jeep Safari and after he had his fill.
The next morning we decided to go and check out the ruins just up the wash from Jonathan's camp. Just as we were packing up and getting ready to go, Dave, Jami and his family arrived.
Much of the day was burned tooling around the canyon, finding an abundance of pottery shards on the ground, each one just as exciting as the next. We were joined by Jonathan, et. al. at the ruins.
I could see the burning desire on all of the kid's faces to snag a piece of pottery to take home, presumably to be lost in the mix, never to be returned to the area. I shared a story of people being cursed by the ancients for taking artifacts out of the area. It seemed to deter all of the kids (and adults) from taking home a souvenir.
The Moody Family just below the ruins:
Coming out of the canyon, and proof you don't need a Landcruiser:
As I was out taking pictures, of course the kids wanted to play in the water. Hilary let the kids out before anyone drove through, and Olivia was all grins until she fell into the water...with some love from Mom and Dad, she was all grins in no time: