Unfortunately, Carter got worse. He had the stomach bug. Poor kid threw up at least eight times and it was coming out the other end too. He was sitting on the potty and puking in a trash can in a Comfort Inn - yuck! He'd go back to bed at times and we went through a few pairs of underwear when he wasn't able to make it back to the bathroom. We had to check-out by 11 am and still had to drive to Moab (2 hours away!) where we were renting a condo for the next four nights.
We tried once close to 9:30 am to get Carter to the car but made it to the parking lot where he threw up again. We let him rest some more and then close to 11 am we just decided we had to do it. Luckily Carter finally fell asleep after about 15 minutes in the car and when he woke up an hour later, felt okay (not amazing though).
We decided to stop at some dinosaur tracks that were just off the highway to at least give the other kids a break. Carter decided he could hike the 100 yards to the tracks.
At Copper Ridge there are tracks of a brontosaurus and four three-toed dinosaurs.
Brontosaurus footprints ...
Four-toed dinosaur tracks ...
After a few minutes, Carter started feeling not so great so we headed back to the car.
At the car, everyone but Carter ate the lunch I had packed that we were planning on eating on our hike. Carter ate a few bites of some food and was able to keep it down (yay!). As we were driving back to the highway, we passed a bunch of prairie dogs. There is one standing up in the center of the picture facing more around their hole. There were fun to watch for a few minutes.
Carter was doing okay and we couldn't check into our condo until 4 pm so we decided to head into the Island in the Sky area of Canyonlands National Park. Carter and I hung out in the shade on the large porch of the Visitor's Center and worked on his Junior Ranger booklet while Brian, Rylan, and Gray went across the street to the overlook of Shafer Canyon.
It was really nice in the shade of the Visitor's Center so we hung out there for awhile and had some snacks. We didn't want to push Carter too much and really wanted him to be better as soon as possible.
We decided to try another short hike that we thought Carter could handle. The hike to Mesa Arch and back to the trailhead is a 0.5 mile loop. I let Carter have my camera to take pictures as we walked and that kept him distracted from thinking about not feeling well. I think he took about a hundred pictures.
Checking out the arch ...
Looking down into the canyon from a safer vantage point next to the arch :)
A couple more pictures through the arch ...
And Gray and I were there too! I tried to remember to have Brian take some pictures of us every day!
Before leaving the park, we checked out one more overlook - Green River Overlook. Gray had fallen asleep in the car so I stayed with him while Brian took the big boys to check it out.
We then headed to our condo that we stayed in for four nights. The condo was great - it had three bedrooms, felt very clean, and had lots of room for us to spread out. The condo was just outside of downtown Moab and we felt like it was a perfect for us.
We made the easy dinner we had picked up at the grocery store the night before and Carter was able to start really eating (though it was still light for him). After dinner I took Gray to the grocery store with me to buy food for the next few days and Brian took the big boys to the pool in our neighborhood for a bit. By the time I got back, it was time for bed.
We lost a day of hiking but we were so glad Carter recovered relatively quickly. And no one else got sick. Yay!!!
Four-toed dinosaur tracks ...
After a few minutes, Carter started feeling not so great so we headed back to the car.
At the car, everyone but Carter ate the lunch I had packed that we were planning on eating on our hike. Carter ate a few bites of some food and was able to keep it down (yay!). As we were driving back to the highway, we passed a bunch of prairie dogs. There is one standing up in the center of the picture facing more around their hole. There were fun to watch for a few minutes.
Carter was doing okay and we couldn't check into our condo until 4 pm so we decided to head into the Island in the Sky area of Canyonlands National Park. Carter and I hung out in the shade on the large porch of the Visitor's Center and worked on his Junior Ranger booklet while Brian, Rylan, and Gray went across the street to the overlook of Shafer Canyon.
It was really nice in the shade of the Visitor's Center so we hung out there for awhile and had some snacks. We didn't want to push Carter too much and really wanted him to be better as soon as possible.
We decided to try another short hike that we thought Carter could handle. The hike to Mesa Arch and back to the trailhead is a 0.5 mile loop. I let Carter have my camera to take pictures as we walked and that kept him distracted from thinking about not feeling well. I think he took about a hundred pictures.
Checking out the arch ...
Looking down into the canyon from a safer vantage point next to the arch :)
A couple more pictures through the arch ...
And Gray and I were there too! I tried to remember to have Brian take some pictures of us every day!
Before leaving the park, we checked out one more overlook - Green River Overlook. Gray had fallen asleep in the car so I stayed with him while Brian took the big boys to check it out.
We then headed to our condo that we stayed in for four nights. The condo was great - it had three bedrooms, felt very clean, and had lots of room for us to spread out. The condo was just outside of downtown Moab and we felt like it was a perfect for us.
We made the easy dinner we had picked up at the grocery store the night before and Carter was able to start really eating (though it was still light for him). After dinner I took Gray to the grocery store with me to buy food for the next few days and Brian took the big boys to the pool in our neighborhood for a bit. By the time I got back, it was time for bed.
We lost a day of hiking but we were so glad Carter recovered relatively quickly. And no one else got sick. Yay!!!
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