Huckleberry Coburn

Once upon a time, there was a young boy who wished he could live outside.  All he wanted was for his mommy and daddy to sell their belongings and home, buy an RV, and travel to all the national parks and forests for the rest of their lives.  Then they would all be traveling hippies and live happily ever after.

 Yep, that's my kid.  He literally does not care what the weather is like, as long as he is outside in it.  Sometimes I wish that it was that easy.  "Okay Phoenix go play in the backyard while Mommy gets some housework done...or cooks dinner... or anything else she's supposed to do!" Haha.  But he is too smart and has waay too much wanderlust for that.  We are up in the canyon, visiting different parks, feeding animals that aren't ours.. Hahaha.  We have such a good time.  In all honesty, I am so grateful for Phoenix's love of adventure and challenge.  It keeps me from getting lazy ;)

His favorite place by far, is the Provo River and its tributaries.  He just LOVES water, fish, nature, water, rocks, water.. you get the idea.  If he is anything like me, he will love to cliff jump into the water before too long!  I'll be so proud.. Hahaha

Every once in a while he sees fish in the river and gets SO excited!! "OOOO!!! shish!!! shish!!"... As in "fish", "fish.  Haha.  Lucky for him, there is a fish pool below Bridal Veil Falls that you can sit right next too and feed and touch the fish.  That first picture up there?  Yeah that is after he threw every last goldfish he had to the fish and got splashed in the face by 3 different fish fighting over them.  Ahhh.  The joy.

We were up the other day and found a park up a side canyon that was heaven!! It is called the South Fork park.  No one was there.  No one!  We had the whole thing to our selves and we just wandered around the creek and into the woods and chased birds and ate lunchables.  It. Was. Awesome.  Phoenix cried his eyes out when it was time to go.  Whenever we pass the turn off to go up the canyon he reaches his arm out and presses it against the window and says "GOOOOOOO!!!!" and gets hurt feelings if we don't "GOOOO" up there.  Hahaha

I am getting excited for warmer weather so we can spend more time up there!  I'm sure he is too ;)