We are home! Yay! No matter how much fun we have when we are away it is always really nice to come home and sleep in our own beds. Yesterday was our last day in Moab. First we got up and I made funnel cakes for breakfast, then we cleaned up camp and made sure that every thing was put away so that we could pull out, after we did a bit more explorin'. We had planned on staying the night in Price (more on that a bit later).... Before we left Moab we decided we needed to have just a bit more adventure. I had heard the ladies in the restroom talking about a little river that had swimming holes. I got the basic direction and we set out. It was extremely close to our camp ground. We went to Millcreek. It was so cool. there really were swimming holes and natural waterfalls, it was a rather shallow and narrow creek, but it did have a pretty good current. At first we were afraid to get to far into the water. However once we were in we went walking upstream. It was a really neat experince! And there were dragonflies the most bright neonblue I have ever seen. After we got about as far upriver as we wanted to, we walked up to the trail head. That is where I read that there was Poison Ivy in the imediate area. I guess it was a good thing we were walking in the river and not in the bracken and brush. I really did not give it a second thought. We then headed back to camp and Showered, and then we packed up the rest of the campsite and headed for Price. We stopped for lunch on the way out of Moab, by this time it was near 4:30 and we could see a fierce thunderstorm approaching. We knew we were going to have to drive through it! It just blows me away how much water can be dumped in very little time. We drove through it and it was crazy, Justin had the wipers going as fast as they would go, and it was nearly impossible to see through the winshield. The lightening was flashing all around us and the thunder was following imediately after. I felt really bad for the guys on motorcycles that were passing us. We drove in rain like that until we were well out of Green River. As we approached Price we were thinking that home was just a little bit farther down the road. And if it was only 7 pm what were we going to do until bed time? Anyway we stopped at walmart to stretch, bought some candy bars and got back on the road. We got home about 10:30 and went straight to bed. We were beat! This morning, After a really horrible night of allergies, I woke up to find that Elyssa was covered in a rash. Her face has a fine lacy red rash, also she has it on her arms and legs, Ashton has the same rash on his right arm. I started to freak out thinking it was poison ivy, I have never treated poison ivy. But come to find out I think it is Fifth Disease. They have both had it numerous times and it seems to go away on it's own. Elyssa's glands are a little swollen and sore, so I really think that is what it is.
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Showing posts with label bloggin on the road. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bloggin on the road. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
bloggin' on the road part 4
Well it is Memorial Day, and we are still on the road somewhere between Moab and Price, Utah.
Having tons of fun despite the rain every afternoon. It does rain but only for about an hour or 2 and then it clears and the temps are great atleast we are not baking! Yesterday we went to Arches again and hiked to Skyline Arch and then we went to the Devil's Garden area and it was packed The amount of people there was stunning and yet it was still very peacful the trails were crowded but not horribly so and the area is so vast that there is still a feeling of solitude it was kinda crazy. We have so far met people from all over the place, Quebec, Germany, Korea, and India just to name a few. At Devil's Garden we hiked to Tunnel Arch, and then on to Pine tree Arch. The weather was really warm and we decided not to hike any farther. Lucky for us, because as we stopped to eat lunch and head back down to moab we were over taken by the storm. I was so glad we were in the truck and not on the trails. The lightening was spectacular and the storm was pretty fierce for all of an hour. it moved very quickly. this particular storm did not drop enough water to affect the creek this time, but it did cool things off a bit. We were ready to cal it a day and just hang out in camp by the time the sun came out again. We have really great neighbors. The husband is an american and the wife is from Seoul Korea, She has been here for a number of years. Her parents are here visiting from Seoul. They don't speek any english but they are very nice. The Korean Grandmother needs a translator. However the first night they were here and Justin was playing his guitar and singing, she was listening to "God of Wonders" she could not understand the words we are told but at the end she said AMEN. It was kind of cool to witness that, especially when you don't know what her beliefs are. Last night they requested that Justin play and sing again. This time the older grandma was tapping her toes and enjoying her self, the daughter told us that her mom has gone to the Church of Life in Korea for a very long time. The husband has 2 teenage boys who were along on this trip and they were asking what the difference is between Christian and Mormon. The older boy (17) seems really receptive and wants to know more. They live in West Jordan, I think I am going to give them the info for our church. They seem to really want to get plugged into a youth program. I would ask you to pray for them that what ever seeds may have been planted would start to grow. Well we are going to head half way home today and then the rest of the way tomorrow we are going to explore and have fun along the way.
Having tons of fun despite the rain every afternoon. It does rain but only for about an hour or 2 and then it clears and the temps are great atleast we are not baking! Yesterday we went to Arches again and hiked to Skyline Arch and then we went to the Devil's Garden area and it was packed The amount of people there was stunning and yet it was still very peacful the trails were crowded but not horribly so and the area is so vast that there is still a feeling of solitude it was kinda crazy. We have so far met people from all over the place, Quebec, Germany, Korea, and India just to name a few. At Devil's Garden we hiked to Tunnel Arch, and then on to Pine tree Arch. The weather was really warm and we decided not to hike any farther. Lucky for us, because as we stopped to eat lunch and head back down to moab we were over taken by the storm. I was so glad we were in the truck and not on the trails. The lightening was spectacular and the storm was pretty fierce for all of an hour. it moved very quickly. this particular storm did not drop enough water to affect the creek this time, but it did cool things off a bit. We were ready to cal it a day and just hang out in camp by the time the sun came out again. We have really great neighbors. The husband is an american and the wife is from Seoul Korea, She has been here for a number of years. Her parents are here visiting from Seoul. They don't speek any english but they are very nice. The Korean Grandmother needs a translator. However the first night they were here and Justin was playing his guitar and singing, she was listening to "God of Wonders" she could not understand the words we are told but at the end she said AMEN. It was kind of cool to witness that, especially when you don't know what her beliefs are. Last night they requested that Justin play and sing again. This time the older grandma was tapping her toes and enjoying her self, the daughter told us that her mom has gone to the Church of Life in Korea for a very long time. The husband has 2 teenage boys who were along on this trip and they were asking what the difference is between Christian and Mormon. The older boy (17) seems really receptive and wants to know more. They live in West Jordan, I think I am going to give them the info for our church. They seem to really want to get plugged into a youth program. I would ask you to pray for them that what ever seeds may have been planted would start to grow. Well we are going to head half way home today and then the rest of the way tomorrow we are going to explore and have fun along the way.
Friday, May 22, 2009
bloggin on the road part 1
all right ya'll We are in Moab how cool is that????? So out of the blue we decided to leave on thursday night instead of friday morning which would be this morning. And we drove as far as Price. We stayed the night in a walmart parking lot! Can you believe it? I thought that I would be all wigged out by the thought, but really it was just fine. We got into price about 10:30 and then promptly went in to shop at walmart. by the time we climbed into our sleeping bags we were beat and more than ready to sleep. The only thing I have to complain about is the fact that walmart has it's parking lot vaccuumed at like 3 in the morning what's up with that?
We arrived in moab to some rain but it quickly let up and the weather is rather nice and cool not cold but comfortable. I will keep up to date on our progress. We're heading out to hike some arches !!!
We arrived in moab to some rain but it quickly let up and the weather is rather nice and cool not cold but comfortable. I will keep up to date on our progress. We're heading out to hike some arches !!!
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