LAST WEEK WE WENT TO MOAB WITH THE WHITNEY FAMILY. WE HAD QUITE THE ADVENTURE JUST FINDING A PLACE TO CALL HOME FOR THE NEXT 4 DAYS. EVERYWHERE WE WENT THERE WERE NO AVAILABLE CAMPSITES. WE DROVE AROUND FOR 4 HOURS , COUNTLESS CAMPGROUNDS , AND TIRED KIDS. AS FOR THE HUBBIES , LETS SAY THEY WERE NOT SO PLEASANT. LONG STORY SHORT WE FOUND AN OPEN FIELD AT 2AM AND DECIDED TO CALL IT HOME. WE SET UP CAMP AND MADE IT TO BED CLOSE TO 3AM. SO TIRED AND STRESSED OUT! SO THE NEXT MORNING WE WENT FOR A WALK AND SAW THIS TINY LITTLE SIGN THAT TOLD US THE FIELD WAS RESERVED FOR THE WHOLE WEEKEND. SO WE LOADED UP EVERYTHING , YES TOTAL REDNECKS , WHITNEYS TENT ON THE TRAILER , AND FOUND US A ANOTHER SPOT.
THE WEATHER WAS SO PERFECT... MID 80S. WE LOVED IT! WE WENT ON MANY TRAILS. THE FIRST TRAIL WAS ACTUALLY QUITE EASY AND WE CAME UPON AN OLD HOUSE THAT WAS WAY COOL.
ZACH TOOK HIS BB GUN WITH HIM AND WAS "HUNTING" LIZARDS. I KNOW THIS IS SUCH A PLEASANT PICUTRE OF A DEAD LIZARD BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE OF ME TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU. THIS IS WHAT ME AND KYLEE HAD TO LOOK AT ALL WEEKEND LONG. THE KIDS GO OUT WITH ZACH AND THEN THEY WOULD BRING BACK THESE DEAD LIZARDS TO SHOW ME AND KYLEE.
THE SCENERY WAS SO BEAUTIFUL AND THE ROCK FORMATIONS WERE JUST SO PRETTY AND UNIQUE.
THIS ROCK LOOKED LIKE A MUSHROOM THAT WAS TIPPING OVER. I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY COOL! THERE WERE MANY ROCKS THAT HAD PICTOGLIFFS ON THEM. THE KIDS HAD FUN TRYING TO TELL US THE STORY BEHIND THE PICTURES!
HERE IS A PICTURE JEFF , KLINT , AND JAXON DURING THE FIRST DAY AT MOAB. WHAT A GREAT TIME WE WERE HAVING!! I THINK JEFF AND KLINT WERE LIKE IN MAN HEAVEN. REALLY , THEY WOULD CLIMB SOME ROCK THEN HAVE TO STOP AND TALK MAN TALK WITH A BEER IN HAND. LOL....
BY THE SECOND DAY WE WERE ALL READY FOR SOME TRAILS THAT WERE A LITTLE HARDER! SO WE PACKED A LUNCH AND HEADED OUT...
THE SUN WAS PRETTY WARM THIS DAY AND THE TRAIL WAS DEFINATLEY HARDER. YA KNOW WE THOUGHT THE RHINO AND RANGER MACHINES WERE THE BOMB! BUT WE WERE PROVEN WRONG! WE STOPPED TO LET THE KIDS GET OUT AND DO SOME ROCK CLIMBING AND THESE 3 LIFTED JEEPS CAME DOWN THE TRAIL. THESE JEEPS CLIMBED THESE 6 FOOT ROCKS LIKE THEY WERE PEBBLES.! IT WAS SO COOL TO WATCH!!
THE YOUNGER KIDS FOLLOWED ZACH AROUND ALL DAY LONG. HE TOOK THEM ON HIKING ADVENTURES , "HUNTING FOR LIZARDS" , ROCK COLLECTING , SWORD FIGHTS, BIKE RIDING , AND , PLAYED IN THE DIRT WITH THEM.
ZACH WAS SUCH A GREAT HELP WITH THE KIDS AND I THINK HE HAD FUN WITH THEM AS WELL. HE TOOK RIDGE ON A LIAZRD HUNT AND THIS IS WHAT RIDGE CAME BACK WITH....YA GROSS HUH!? BUT RIDGE WAS SO PROUD OF THE LIAZRD!
ON SUNDAY WE DECIDED TO HEAD UP TO "POISON SPIDER" TRAIL. I BELIEVE IT HAD A RATING OF 6 OUT OF 7. I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I WAS A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT THIS TRAIL.I HAVE THIS FEAR OF BEING ON THE EDGE OF ROADS AND THIS TRAIL HAS MANY AREAS THAT ARE LIKE THIS.. OKAY I WAS FREAKING OUT A COUPLE OF TIMES.!! JEFF THINKS ITS FUNNY SO HE , OF COURSE, HAS TO DRIVE RIGHT NEXT TO THE EDGE....JERK!...LOL.. OKAY I TRIED TO FIX THE SLIDE SHOW BUT IT WONT LET ME. SORRY...
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
OUR EVENINGS BACK AT CAMP WERE PRETTY RELAXED. ME AND KYLEE MADE SOME AWESOME DINNERS AT MOAB! WE ALSO HAD SOME YUMMY STRAWBEERY SMORES!!!! WE HAD FUN WITH THE KIDS AROUND THE CAMP FIRE PLAYING MEMORY GAMES.
WE REALLY HAD SUCH A FUN TIME AT MOAB AND HANGING OUT WITH THE WHITNEY FAMILY. THERE ARE SO MANY MORE ADVENTURES AT MOAB THAT I DEFINATELY FEEL THAT WE WILL BE GOING BACK IN THE FALL. THANKS WHITNEYS FOR A GREAT WEEKEND FULL OF MEMORIES AND GREAT TIMES!!!
LEXIE LOVES GOING FOR RHINO RIDES!!! WE LET HER DRIVE ON ALL THE BACK TRAILS... JEFF JUST PUT HER ON HIS LAP...DID UP THE SEATBELT AND SHE DID THE REST... SHE ACTUALLY DID PRETTY GOOD... SHE LOVED GOING THROUGH ALL THE WATER AND GETTING US WET!! WE STOPPED SEVERAL TIMES AND GOT OUT AND WENT FOR LITTLE MINI HIKES... THE KIDS COLLECTED ROCKS AND SHELLS....MADDIE WAS SO INTERESTED WITH ALL THE FLOWERS...SHE WANTED TO HAVE YOU SMELL THEM AND THENWHEN IT WAS HER TURN TO SMELL THEM SHE WOULD PUT THE FLOWER IN HER MOUTH....SHE IS SO STINKING CUTE!!!
SOME PARTS OF THE TRAILS WERE STILL COVERED WITH SNOW DRIFTS!!! THE LITTLE KIDS HAD FUN PLAYING IN THE SNOW! AND SO DID THE BIG BOYS!!! I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SUMMER SO WE CAN GET BACK TO OUR WEEKEND R & R RIDES (RHINO AND RANGER RIDES) WITH THE WHITNEYS....FAST MACHINES, NATURE, FAMILY TIME, ADVENTURES, GOOD TIMES, MEMORIES, AND GREAT FRIENDS!!!
