Autumn Hike with a Surprise

On Monday, we decided to enjoy the last bit beautiful weather to hike up the Holbrook Canyon Trail. It turned out to be very eventful... The multi-colored leaves were absolutely breath-taking and the air was crisp and fresh. The kids enjoyed seeing two large green grasshoppers and a cute little dog, but the most memorable find was definitely the tarantula. Yes, there truly was a real, live, hairy, huge tarantula was crawling along the dirt on the side of the trail. Nathan noticed it first and we all gathered around to see. It's legs were honestly as long as my fingers! I tried to take a picture with my cell phone camera, but I guess I wasn't thinking very clearly because I didn't save it correctly. Here's a picture of what it looked like, (though it doesn't quite show the size...




And here are some much cuter pictures of my kids enjoying the outdoors...