Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Moab... yes again!

Moab twice within a month, what a rough life we have. We definitely have a vacation packed summer where it's rare to be home for a full week at a time. We have been having so much fun playing. This time we went back down to Moab with the Miles clan. We were sad that half of us couldn't make the trip due to a funeral, knee surgery, and a biopsy- all not fun things, but we still had a fun time. This was Johnn's parents first time to Moab. No joke. Pretty amazing that you can live in Utah for so long & not see Moab. It's almost like living here and having never gone skiing. We were more than happy to show them around.


Dead Horse point



Canyonlands




Michael loved the big sand dune. Johnn carried him most of the way up, but he could have walked up the whole thing. He kept going up and down. He loved finding rocks to throw and crushing clumps of sand in his hands. Plus we got to act like kids too. We had jumping contests and Johnn had fun jumping over our kid.



Fun in the hot tub.


Mill Creek trail. It was a fun short hike that I have never done before. They loved crossing the river and Richard and Miles enjoyed cliff jumping at the waterfall. It was a great hike to do with the kids on a hot day while the guys went biking.


The group, minus me, at Landscape Arch- longest standing arch in the world.


Playing at Sand Dune Arch


Our picnic area in Arches was great. You can't really see the tables, but they were right under this cave in the wall. Someone before us had dug out holds in the rock so the boys, and Michael, just had to go up and check it out.


Delicate Arch, always a favorite.

3 comments:

Amber H. said...

I've lived here in Utah going on six years. And I have never been to Moab. Or skiing for that matter, DOH!

On the flip side, it looks like you guys had a fantastic time!

Becky and Matt said...

What awesome pictures!!!! They were so fun to see. We missed being there. We'll have to go the next time.

Miles Family said...

Thanks for taking so many pictures. I did find my charger when we came home. I will have to get copies from you. I'm glad you are always on top of things. It was a great trip!