Ruby & Horse thief canyon (fall break)

Fall break was spent with the whole Newton Family! We took the kids (6) the dog (1) the adults (6) to run a stretch of the Colorado River Called Ruby and Horse Thief Canyon. We left about 7 pm thursday night and reached Loma about 11 pm set up our tents on the only 40 feet of BLM owned land which was a road btw. We got a warning by the BLM guy in the morning about no camping. There are no signs that say "NO CAMPING" so we got off without a ticket, thank heavens.

We went down to the put in, which was CRAAAZZY! Where a whole bunch of people were rigging on the tiny shore. I think you can see here in this picture how many boats were being rigged for the trip.

A few of the boaters.

Pauly and his 2 girls.

Elias (aka mud monster.)

We signed up for our camp spot which was Black Rock's # 10. It was awesome! The kids had a fantastic time climbing on all the way cool schist (super cool black metamorphic rock that is billions of years old -as seen in the picture below behind Moose.) and finding pools and playing in the mud.

Camp at Sundown.
We had a yummy dinner of pork tenderloin, baked beans and salad followed by a birthday cake for Max. The days were warm and sunny, the nights a little cool. Nothing a great down bag can't fix;) We saw 2 bald Eagles.

And some really cute boys.

And some really cute babies.

Kaya

Wren

Wren getting her bum changed.

Tiffy, Kaya, and Ani chillin'

Grandma and Baby Bird

Papa and the Cookie Monster

Uncle Greg and Chubbs

One tuckered out Poochie

The Happy Campers
We were lucky to have 5 trains go us. It was pretty cool to see.Max waving to the train in the morning.

Future rower of boats??

The fall colors were so beautiful. It was a wonderful trip.