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Grand Canyon Adventure: Keyhole Loop Trail

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Another stop during our Grand Canyon Adventure was a little trail called Keyhole Loop Trail.  It’s located in Kaibob National Forest right outside of Williams, Arizona.  We stopped by to see the park ranger to see if he had any maps of the local trails.  He informed us that many of the trails were still closed due to slow, so we’d want to be careful while hiking.  He then went on to recommend the Keyhole Loop Trail because it had something special to see at the end of the trail…. We hiked and hiked over snow banks, through the mud,…

Wupatki National Monument

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While we were camping near the Grand Canyon we decided to take advantage of our location, and we went to see the Wupatki National Monument.  You saw a glimpse of the ruins at the monument on my Wordless Wednesday post. One of the really fun things about this National Park area was that you could actually go into many of the different ruins.  Some areas were marked with do not enter or do not walk here signs.  They tried to have these signs blend with the natural surroundings, so the notices were painted on rocks. Munchkin enjoyed hiking around to…

Sunset Crater National Monument

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We decided to take a day trip over to the Sunset Crater National Monument while we were up in Williams (near Grand Canyon) camping.  The plan was only to spend a few hours over there, but it ended up being a very long day as a trip took us to more places… We started at the visitor center and picked up Munchkin’s Junior Ranger booklet for her to work on as we made our way through the park.  There were several different locations to stop along the way.  Our first stop after the visitor center was a hike up a…