Dave and I were invited by some friends to go down to Moab, Utah the weekend after our amazing ski trip for what turned out to be the most spectacular adventure and again, the most fun! We rented a 15 passenger van and headed down Saturday morning.
The first adventure was supposed to be a 1/2 day white-water rafting trip. But because the river hadn't swelled to its usually angry self, it was more like floating in a kiddie pool. And we thought we'd be getting professional pictures on the sight but they didn't even show up, so we don't have any pictures to show. Besides, I need to put this adventure back on the bucket list. (I mean, we had to splash each other to get wet for pete's sake! The water was a mere 38 degrees)
Now, like they say, pictures are worth a 1000 words and even these pictures can't do justice to the rest of the trip. It was simply amazing! After rafting, we went rapelling at Morning Glory Bridge, (for those of you who don't know this arch, it's simply the best place to go rapelling in Moab!) and we explored Fiery Furnace with a private guide and hiked up to Delicate Arch--Utah's symbol.
The first adventure was supposed to be a 1/2 day white-water rafting trip. But because the river hadn't swelled to its usually angry self, it was more like floating in a kiddie pool. And we thought we'd be getting professional pictures on the sight but they didn't even show up, so we don't have any pictures to show. Besides, I need to put this adventure back on the bucket list. (I mean, we had to splash each other to get wet for pete's sake! The water was a mere 38 degrees)
Now, like they say, pictures are worth a 1000 words and even these pictures can't do justice to the rest of the trip. It was simply amazing! After rafting, we went rapelling at Morning Glory Bridge, (for those of you who don't know this arch, it's simply the best place to go rapelling in Moab!) and we explored Fiery Furnace with a private guide and hiked up to Delicate Arch--Utah's symbol.
Our rapell guides
This was a 2-part rapell. First, we rapelled down through a crevase to get to Morning Glory Bridge and then rapelled down the bridge to the bottom of the canyon. We had two guides who travel the world rapelling the most exotic places like Europe and South America but they spend every summer rapelling Moab because they say it's amazing.
That's Mark on Morning Glory Bridge. He planned this whole trip.
And this is Dave rapelling down the bridge.
Dave is rapelling upside down!
So of course, I've got to rapell upside down too!
We drove to Fiery Furace with a private guide who let us explore all the arches. I have to say, it's the most beautiful place to visit in Utah. I loved it!!
And that afternoon, we hiked up to Delicate Arch. For those of you who have seen our license plates, this is THAT famous Utah arch.
We roasted marshmallows (Hailee's were the best!)
Of course we ate a lot! (Henry, where are the other boys? You look like a lost puppy!)
Garret, our Eagle scout in training and one of Morgan's best friends, did a great job of burning newspapers! Now, he just needs to learn to get the wood to burn too!
We skiied 'til our legs fell off...or they closed down the lifts, which ever came first.
OOGA-BOOGA game. I think Brian won this one!
Snorkeling at Puerto Morelos
