Providence Canyon and Auburn Too

On Sunday, we decided to get a hotel near Columbus so that we wouldn't have to drive too far to go to Providence Canyon.  Well we couldn't find a cheap enough hotel in Columbus, but we found one in Auburn, Alabama.  So we booked it (thanks priceline) packed real quick and off we went.  The hotel had a great pool and the kids loved it.  Later that evening, we ran downtown to explore Auburn University.  It has a lot more character than Weber State.  It was fun and we decided Jac could go there, if she gets a scholarship.   Go War Eagles.

The next morning we drove down to Providence Canyon where we hiked for several hours.  For those who are not familar with Providence Canyon, it was formed by reckless farming and soil  erosion.  There is a 3 mile hike around the canyon and then several small hikes up the canyons.  But these canyons are all made from dirt.  Not like the rock canyons in Utah, but the same colors.  Jac was running up one and tripped on a tree stump and dove to the like she was diving for home plate.  And she ended up as dirty as if she had slid to home plate.  After some whining about how it hurt she was better though.  After a few hours of hiking up these canyons, it started to rain, so we returned to the van.  It was a lot of fun and we'd recommend it to anyone that is looking for a fun beautiful place to hike.  But it is just over 2 hours away, so it can't just be done any day.