Moab Trip 2010

We went to Moab this year over Mothers day (for the 2nd year in a row) and it was incredible as always. I love Moab. It is so beautiful down there and the mountains are completely crazy down there. The weather was so nice and i got a big sunburn. It was very disappointing to come home to work and rainy weather. 6 days off was still not long enough :) I still wish i was on maternity leave.

We left on Thursday morning at 5:30 AM and arrived down there around 10 AM or 11 AM.. We decided to go try to see if we could camp on a trail we wanted to go on -- so we went down to Hoorah Pass -- there was no camping (well there was but it was $17 per trailer per night.. RIP OFF) so we decided to just unload and ride on the trail and then we would go find a camp spot afterward. The ride was 4 hours, and we were still not even done-- so we decided to turn around and go back so we wouldn't have to set up camp in the dark, or better yet find a camp spot for 2- 40 foot long trailers in the dark. We found a great camp site and no one bothered us or even came close to us all weekend long. It was very nice. We could just get on the four wheelers and go wherever we wanted from where we camped. we went on a few trails, and there were many more we could have went on. Needless to say i am sure we will be going back there to camp in the same spot next mothers day :). We went to the Tusher Tunnel(s) - they were amazing and very fun and pretty. Kaedynn was a little scared to go through, b/c it got pitch black in the middle of it-- but she made it through fine and was fine on the way back out. We then went to the Determination Towers. They are HUGE and make us look like peanuts on the ground when we sat next to them. We some how got on the 7 Mile Rim trail -- it was CRAZY it was a "difficult" trail that was making us go sideways on the slick rock -- that is not for me.. especially with the kids in the ranger with us. Too scary for me. but we made it-- and all went well.

Here are some pictures of our trip -- SO MUCH FUN! If you ever have the chance to go to Moab -- don't pass it up.












If you look close at this picture you can see us at the bottom of the towers. So incredible how the wind can blow so hard.. and these are able to stay there.






This is on the Hoorah Pass trail. We found a private ranch and when we went there there was a guy that lived there with this huge tortoise. He takes him for 5-9 mile walks everyday, and feeds him $110 worth of veggy's a week. It was so cool. Kaedynn loved it.