Heber Creeper and Cookout in Little Cottonwood

This post is otherwise known as Trip to Utah--Part 2b (since 2a was our BYU adventure), or A Ton of Pictures Taken on One Day.

We drove through Park City and into Heber valley to ride the train. By the way, I am also going to have a summer home in Park City, def. Man, so gorgeous there!

Heber Valley Railway, aka the Heber Creeper. Not a bullet train, that's for sure. We were to start in Heber, go to Provo Canyon's Vivian Park, and then ride back.

Seconds before we were to board the train, Harrison was stung by a wasp behind his ear! Oh, there was so much wailing and freaking out, poor guy. We debated whether he'd be able to handle the train but luckily he was fine.

Ah, look at the cute picture of Bryce and me. He was going for the mountain man look in preparation for his 40th birthday.

Help! Marshall! Our train was robbed!

Since we were some of the last passengers on the train, we couldn't all sit together. Part of our group was in the back.

Grandma Judy and Cameron were more towards the middle.

Some of our fellow travelers got off to go river rafting. Those were the smart people because not only did that look way fun, but our train only got halfway to the park before it had to turn around! A fallen tree could not be removed in time for us to make our journey. That was a very hot ride.

After the train ride we had a picnic at a nearby park. Mary and Cam liked to spider swing!

Monkey girl.

Ben enjoyed pushing Cam on the swing!

Harrison and Mary liked the jungle gym.

Harrison: King of the World.

Self-portrait at the park.

Later that night we made foil dinners, got Grandpa Al, and rented a campsite for the evening at Little Cottonwood Canyon.

The kids loved exploring, and Grandpa Al took them to see the river.

Can you believe what a beautiful evening it was?

Mary showed Bryce the rocks she collected while she was down by the river.

We had foil dinners of hamburger patties and potatoes. But it looks like Mary had see-food. Haha.

Product placement at its finest.

Ben whittling a stick with Harrison looking on.

Mary wanted to build herself a chair of sorts out of boulders but needed some help in moving them. How nice was it of Ben to offer to do it for her?

Sitting pretty. Fire power!

Ben showing off his muscles!

Katie really loved Ben.

Sweet moment between Mary and her furry love.

This stick looked like a person.

Just being cool Cam.

Father and son tend the fire.

S'mores!

These cousins were BFFs for the night!

Later that night Grandpa Al told the scariest story in the world, "Short-Fuse Harry." The kids were terrified and delighted.

Later Bryce told a story about a gypsy fortune-teller on his mission--this was the climactic end! It scared Harrison so bad you can see that he fell off of Bryce's lap!

The boys couldn't stop asking questions and freaking out about those scary stories!

It was a great day and a great night, and I'm so glad we had so much fun!