I'd like to start by saying how "Thankful" I am. I have a great family, extended included. I have a warm house to call home. I'm grateful for great friends both near & far. The men & women that serve for our freedom. The beautiful nature we have to see & enjoy. And for the spirit that blesses all of us.
This year for Thanksgiving we made a last minute trip to MOAB! We met Jeff's brother Steve there. The weather reports looked great till Saturday so we knew we needed to make it a quick trip. We arrived on Wednesday around 5 PM. The sun starting to go down, but we had enough light to get our tent setup. Well that is when the cold came in. We have a fire which was keeping us toasty. But when it came time to go to sleep it was FREEZING! I've not seen Jeff get cold, I knew it had to be SUPER cold if he was cold. So needless to say the kids slept pretty well, but I think I may have got about 3 good hours in that night. When the sun came out it warmed up.
I cooked our Turkey on Tuesday night and packed it in the cooler. Brought some of the other fixings for a "Thanksgiving Dinner". I think everything turned out yummy. I did miss the warm homemade rolls though. It was nice to talk about all the many things we a grateful for. I think the thing I was most grateful for on this trip was that we decided to get a hotel room Friday night! It was great to have a warm shower and bed to sleep in. Note to Self: No more camping after the month of September, even if it is MOAB! :)
We decided to make a trip through Arches again. We never made it through the whole park the last time. We took the whole day Friday and hiked through what we could. It was so FUN! We really wished we could've hiked right up to Delicate Arch though. It is a 3 mile hike round trip on Slick rock. We didn't think we should take the 2 younger boys just yet. Maybe next year!
We did spend a lot of time at "Sand Arch". It was a very cool, you have to hike through a crack in the rock. And when you get to the Arch there is a HUGE sand pile at the bottom to play in.
I saw this tree on the way out of hiking to Skyline Arch, thought it looked kinda neat.
We hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and are getting all ready for Christmas!
2 comments:
You just made me miss "home" for a few mins....I forget how awesome the red rocks are....looks like you had a lot of fun despite FREEZING.
Fun trip! You guys are sure getting out a lot and doing some fun things! I hope you guys are all doing well. Your Christmas card is way cute! Love ya.
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