Happy Birthday, Dad!

Last Saturday, Courtney, Chris and I climbed Angel's Landing in Zion. We were on top of that stone mountain behind us. We ascended 1,500 feet over 2.5 miles.

It was amazingly gorgeous. On the way up, we watched condors and crows soaring at eye-level. On the way down, we saw two condors perched on a tree just above a stretch of trail.

It also was scary as hell. I still shiver to think of the "trail", which became footholds etched into the stone in some places. Thank god for the chains. Courtney kept wondering who could have come up with the idea to carve a trail into that cliffside?

Up was scariest because I worried about going down. But down went fast and was punctuated by the condors.

The chipmunks on top were great distraction from the fact that we were hanging on a 1,500 ft. peak. Chris truly is afraid of heights. He was very brave. Of course, Courtney is fearless.

She and Chris took these photos.