Day 1: We carpooled (to save gas money) with my brother and his wife and their 2 1/2 month old son. We left Salt Lake City around 4 o'clock. About 2 hours later we finally made it to Spanish Fork canyon because everyone seemed to be going south. Then about half way through the canyon traffic was stopped. We found out that there was two separate accidents that closed down the eastbound. Sitting in one spot for about 2 1/2 hours wasn't quite what we had hoped for. But I have to say that my nephew did amazing during the entire car ride! We finally arrived in Moab close to midnight.
Day 2: Met up with our group of people and ended up having 10 vehicles in our group. We did the trail Hell's Revenge. It was a cold and windy day, but nothing stops us from taking the top off the jeep and enjoying ourselves.
The beginning of Hell's Gate that my uncle Rick decided to try.
Then Tyler decided to let Lisa "drive" while jeeping for the first time...all while doing it from the passenger seat.
There are some trails that are very obvious where it goes...can you see it?
This is Tip-Over Challenge...where a friend of ours notoriously broke down and spent some time repairing his Jeep.
Day 3: Went for a drive on Mineral Basin Road. It was a much warmer day and the sun was toasty. Of course on the trail the Bluths like to make things more exciting by going through the washed out road rather than going around. They had water all up in the engine and inside the jeep getting their feet wet. Needless to say, their rental jeep stunk of the nasty water for the rest of the day.
See how happy they are while waiting in the water to be winched up?
Since we got done early we decided to hit another trail....Fins and Things. This is the obstacle called Kenny's Climb.
Day 4: This day was full of packing, shopping, and heading home. Not such a fun day...it's always hard to leave Moab. We especially didn't want to come back once we came back to cold and rainy weather.
So, all in all...there was fun in the sun and we can't wait until next year!
5 comments:
Your trip to Moab made me miss jeeping. Ken and I were talking the other day about jeeping and how I haven't been since the Jeep Safari while we were engaged.
I am glad that you had a great Memorial weekend.
It was so fun to go with you guys! Mike and I were talking and we felt bad that we didn't get to visit as much as we have in the past. We need to get hotels or condos closer to each other. We definitley should go again soon, if not in Moab somewhere else. Tell your cousins and aunt and uncle that it was so nice to meet them, they have a very nice rubicon!
Nice pic's -specially the one being stuck in the water. Good thing it was the rental.
*sniff*
I miss Moab...
At least I did go Jeeping with my family over the long weekend, but out Jeep decided to break a u-joint so we only got one day. The worst thing about it is that the u-joint has been broken for quite a while (the seal was gone and it was all rusted inside), but it started to break on our first day...
I'm glad you had fun! One of these days we want to come out and rent a jeep and go with you guys!
Ahh yes Tip-over- how I miss thee... Nice pics though, makes me miss So. Utah even more.
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