Moab

I went to Moab last week with my singles ward.  It was tons of fun.  We camped. (This term is used loosely because we had showers and flushing facilities.  Also we were right next to the road.  So basically our form of "camping" was a sleeping bag and a tent.) There were so many things to do but I only enjoyed a couple of them.  The first one was Dead Horse Point.  Beautiful, very beautiful.  We were there at sunset. To get there we had to pass through a couple of herds of cows that were grazing.  One of them was on the road and wouldn't move.  We honked, we yelled.  Nothing, they were not moving.  So I, in all of my glory stuck my head out the window and moo'd.  Yep, I moo'd.  I was pretty sure I was never going to speak another language in my life, until the cows started running off the road.  Who would have thought.

On Friday, day two, we went jeeping and river rafting.  I was excited for the jeeping and not so much for the rafting...something about a fear of water.  Anyway, by the end of the day I had flipped my feelings around.  Jeeping was fun, up to the point I realized that our driver just wanted to out do all of the guys in the group.  She was not so safe.  The fact that I am alive today is only attributed to the many, many prayers I said.  Especially the ones repenting for my cussing.  I would love to go again, but with a more experienced, humble driver.  

River rafting was tons of fun.  The Colorado wasn't too swift.  Only a few spots had white water and they were over quickly.  Plus I had nothing to worry about because my life jacket came down to my knees.  That might be a slight exaggeration but not much.  I enjoyed this even when the sky open up and started to pour rain on us.  It was so cold. However, if you don't have anyone to cuddle to make you warm, hand warmers in your sleeping bag work wonders.  I'm pretty sure that's the only reason I slept on Friday night.  It rained the rest of the night on Friday.  It was great to listen to it hit the tent.  I can handle that part of camping.  

Saturday we took down camp and hiked to Delicate Arch on our way out of town.  It is such a nice hike.  My calves hate the slick rock section but what can you do, right?  It is an amazing sight to see.  There is so much to see in Moab.  If you haven't been, you should go. :)