Saturday, April 4, 2009

Moab Trip

Andrew, Logan and Bryce (Andrew's two friends from childhood), and I went to Moab for three days. Our first full day, we had great weather and did a lot. The next couple of days, it rained and even snowed a little so we weren't able to do as much. We had such a fun trip.
Day 1: Biked the Slick Rock trail (the beginner trail). Went to Arches National Park, hiked in the Fiery Furnace, and hiked to Delicate Arch. The Fiery Furnace is super fun to hike because there is no trail to follow. It's just a maze of canyons and you have to find your way through it. It is like an adult playground. We had to get a hiker's permit to hike the Fiery Furnace. We hiked Delicate Arch as the sun was setting and it was so pretty.

Andrew, Logan, and Bryce standing in front of one of the 'windows' in Arches. The South WindowThe Fiery Furnace

Delicate Arch. It is so beautiful with the mountains in the background.

Bryce, Andrew, and Logan in front of Delicate Arch. I chose this picture because of Andrew's shorts. He ripped them hiking today.

I'm picking up the arch.
All of us in front of the arch.
Day 2: Spent most of the day hiking in the Fiery Furnace. It starting raining and hailing in the late afternoon. Luckily, we were just about finished with our hike. We went on a drive through Arches National Park for the rest of the afternoon.

Hiking in the Fiery Furnace:


Notice the arches.

Logan thinking about jumping across. This is the view near the end of our hike. It started raining and hailing.
Day 3: Woke up to SNOW in Moab. We took a drive on Pot Ash road to see Leap of Faith. Luckily, we were in Bryce's truck because we needed 4-wheel drive to get up the dirt road. It was amazing standing at the top of the cliff and looking out at the canyons. Today is the start of the Jeep Safari, so we went to Potato Salad to watch the Jeeps crawl up it. Then we traveled home.


The drive up the canyon--you can see why we needed 4-wheel drive (especially with the snow).
This rock fell several years ago and luckily didn't block the road.
Leap of Faith. Would you have enough faith to jump across? Some people have jumped across!
It's so beautiful at the top of the cliff.
Logan, Bryce, and Andrew at Potato Salad.

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