What a weekend!! I know many of you enjoy our camping trip updates. This one was much less eventful (thank goodness!!!). No property damage, mosquito infestation, near divorces, etc. I'll try to do a day-by-day update:
Thursday: We left right after the kids got out of school. And drove straight to Chinle. Stopped and got a bite to eat and traded kids. This seemed to make the drive go faster if they had new friends to talk to. We got to Moab about midnight...... We took our trailer and stayed in an RV park. It was nearly 1 by the time we got things set up and everyone settled down.
Friday: We were assigned breakfast so we woke up to Patrick's yummy pancakes. Soon after it was off for a family mountain bike ride. I haven't been on a bike ride for probably 10+ years so breaking me in with a 13 mile ride wasn't real easy. The first part was great - ALL down hill. We stopped at Gemini Bridges (awesome place!!!) and then went on. At one point or another Tanner, Shayna and I all had breakdowns. Patrick is absolutely convinced we are all wimps and out of shape and we'll be doing it again next year. That afternoon the kids swam for about 3 hours. Needless to say we were all tired that night and went to bed early - GREAT DAY!!!
Saturday: Patrick got up for his bike ride about 7:00. He made the 74 mile ride!!! We were all quite proud of him. Now he's gearing up for 109 mile ride in Tucson next month. The kids and I slept in til' almost 10 (I love vacation!!!). We got to watch the first session of conference. The kids swam again and we took them all out for pizza. After pizza, the girls went shopping and the boys went and napped and swam (AGAIN!). That evening the guys were off to priesthood.
Sunday: We were able to see the first half of conference. Check out was 11:00 so we had to get on the road. We stopped in Montecillo at the temple, it's small but beautiful of course. Most of the leaves were changing and everything was so pretty. Again, the stop in "beautiful" Chinle and then home.
The weekend was great!!! Such great friends to hang out with. The kids had a blast and we're looking forward to our next trip.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Moab Trip
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3 comments:
Well that sounds like a fun trip! A lot better than the last one. =) And it's been forever since I've been on a bike. That is awesome that Uncle Pat can do so much- what a stuf muffin! =) Love hearing about what you guys are up to!
I wish I could have been there my mom told me how much fun you guys had!! Your blog is so cute, I look forward to staying updated.
Cute fam! I'm glad you had fun camping. I don't think I could do the whole bike thing. Maybe if you put a tv on the bike....or maybe not.
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