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Visiting the San Rafael Swell

We had Fall Break last week.  It's always a welcome three days off school.

For the first time ever, Scott decided to take two days off and take Susanna and Talmage down to the San Rafael Swell.  They drove to Cleveland, Utah (no stoplights) and then went on dirt roads for about 30 miles through the Buckhorn Draw where they saw some pretty cool petroglyphs.





Then they drove a little farther and arrived at the San Rafael Bridge campground where you get pit toilets and no water or other services for $6 a night (or $5.43 in Scott's case because that's all the cash he had.)

They hiked up the San Rafael River for 9.6 miles on Thursday and then hiked 5.3 miles on Friday.  They saw a lot of beautiful scenery.










Meanwhile, on Thursday, I took the youngest two to visit "This is the Place" Village with Grandma and some cousins and spent several hours doing activities there, includingwaiting half an hour for a two-minute ride on the tired-looking horses.



Friday was colder so we went to the BYU Museum of Art so Mindy could do her art critique for her art class.  Here's the picture she chose:


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