Long Weekend in Moab

This past weekend some of the family met in Moab for some outdoors recreation. We all had a really great time together and all wished we could have stayed longer. Here is a day by day of our trip.

DAY 1
Dad, Mom, Annmarie and I left Friday morning for the 6 hour ride to Moab. Jake and Steve had gone down the night before. Riding through the mountains we were able to see the fall colors and they were amazing especially in Vail.



We made it to our condo around 2 in the afternoon. We rented a 3 bedroom condo from Vacation Rentals by Owner(vrbo.com). If you have not checked this place out it is pretty cool, you can find places to rent all over the country. The place was amazing and so comfortable for a home away from home kind of place.






Poor Annmarie had a killer headache and spent the night in bed nursing it. Aaron, Jen, Morgan and Braylen arrived around 5. We had dinner together and then went over to the hot tub and had a relaxing evening.

DAY 2
We woke up to a cold, cloudy, and rainy day but that did not stop us. We all loaded up into the cars and took off. We went into Canyonlands National Park and started up to the White Rim Trail.







Our first stop was Musselman Arch which speaks for itself. Its an arch suspended about 100 feet or more in the air and looks like a bridge that you can walk across if you have the guts for it.




After that we went up the Shafer Trail and found our way to the visitor center where we ate the lunch we packed along with us. All of the roads up to the visitor center were bumpy and bouncy plus it was rainy so it was muddy and the cars got caked with mud.
After lunch the kids were done so Aaron and Jen went back to the condo to let the kids run, they did not get to do much of this because of the weather. The rest of us went on and looked at a couple of the overlooks. We saw the top of the White Rim and where the Colorado and Green River come together.




It was a fun day even with the weather. We came home and Jen had dinner ready for us. Then it was off to the hot tub again to relax.

DAY 3
It was a much warmer day with the sun out and a lot less wind. We went into Arches National Park. What a beautiful place this is with all the red rock everywhere. Our first stop was to see Balanced Rock you probably can guess what it would look like but it was still pretty cool.





Then we went on to Delicate Arch. This is the arch that most people know of. We all decided to hike up to it except dad which while hiking I thought he was pretty smart. But even after the 1.5 mile hike up coming around the bend to see the arch was pretty spectacular.





We just sat and admired it. Some of us hiked over to the arch and stood underneath, it was huge. I was glad I did it because it could fall some day. If you look closely at the second picture you can see Jake sitting under the arch. The last two pictures are from the overlook area that dad was at while we were hiking.




After the long hike, we all went to Pizza Hut to celebrate our accomplishment. Braylen almost out ate everyone except Steve with a total of 4 pieces. I just think this is amazing since he is not 2 yet, but it is his favorite food. After dinner Aaron, Jen, and the kids left to go back home. We walked around downtown Moab and checked out all the souvenir shops. Then back to the condo to relax again in the hot tub. I definitely need to get me one of these.

DAY 4
Our last day in Moab, which came all to fast for us. This is a place you could spend a week and not see everything there. We all decided that we need to come back again soon. Dad, Steve, and Jake took one last 4 wheelin' trip up to Fins and Things while the girls stayed back and packed up the condo. When they came home we went to town and had lunch at the Moab Diner and then to the silk screen T shirt shop that we found the night before. Jake and I each picked out a sweet shirt to remember this trip, I know you are all jealous but just go to Moab and get one for yourself. Dad even found him a great new hat or maybe its the new thing in hair pieces.



What a great time we had together, we were sorry that the whole family could not come but maybe next time.