Wilderness Adventure

Today we decided to get out of the valley for a little while, and thought it would be fun to do a picnic somewhere up in one of the many canyons that lie to the east of the Salt Lake area.  We settled on Little Cottonwood Canyon, and drove a few miles up to a little campground/picnic area.  We didn't really do much in the way of hiking around the area, but somehow Clayton managed to get himself dirty.  Like, really dirty.  Rambo dirty.
The main thing he did was sit down in a patch of dirt under some trees, pick up handfuls of dirt, and throw them.  Which wouldn't have been as bad if he hadn't decided to throw into the wind.  So handful after handful of dirt went flying and settled back on him (sticking easily on his freshly sunscreened skin).  He is definitely all boy.  I cannot imagine Clayton's dainty friend Hailey getting this dirty, under any circumstances.  You will also notice Clayton wearing his new monkey backpack, which is really a covert harness.  It may seem kind of like a leash, but with a boy who runs at the first sign of freedom, it is actually a kind of helpful way to keep him reined in.

Literally.