McAlister Matters

We finally made it to Capitol Reef National Park in Utah. We'd been delayed by a very rainy spring. It was a hot time of year to go but we still enjoyed visiting this park for the first time.  Capitol Reef is located in between Arches and Zion National Parks. It took us about 4 hours to drive there through some pretty country. We called it a 'mini Zions park' because it was a lot less crowded. There were probably 10 times less people there than at Zions or Arches. So we liked that and enjoyed hiking on practically empty trails. One unique thing about the park is that they grow fruit trees in the middle of it. You can pick the fruit for free to eat and they have a shop that sells fresh fruit pies. So we enjoyed a few pies!

We had a fun trip visiting the family in California. We enjoyed staying at the Russian River for a few days, visiting Turlock and Ripon, and taking Kahlan to the Oakland zoo. On the way back from Ripon Kahlan practiced her ABC's in the car.

We went back to get some more family photos from Target. It was a LOT cheaper this time (only go if you have coupons) and Kahlan did a lot better.

Kahlan has a random talent for eating her toast from the middle out. Notice the hole in the middle of her toast and the butter on her face. ;)