The trip to Moab from Logan is a loooooong drive. To make matters worse, one of the boys in the other vehicle threw up everywhere. Apparently he had put some alcohol in his canteen and was a little loopy by about Price. After he threw up, the leaders had to pull over and completely spray out the vehicle. I'm thanking my lucky stars he didn't puke in OUR vehicle! This picture is all the boys playing by the side of the highway while we were waiting for the other vehicle to catch up. Needless to say, the rebellious boy was promptly taken home. The boys in our vehicle were MOSTLY using their brain cells. One of the boys thought it would be funny to throw an old steel wheel rim right into the middle of the road. Yes, he's one of "those" types.....lacking in sound judgment. As their leader, I felt like more often than not I was their babysitter.
Heading out to bike slickrock trail! I have lived in Utah my entire life and had never biked this trail before. Had a blast. Most of the boys quit after the "practice loop". Only 4 or 5 of us did the entire loop.
Beautiful surroundings in Southern Utah
I loved the views of the Colorado River and the steep cliffs.
Found a watering hole where we could cool off. The boys enjoyed jumping off the cliffs into the water. The water was only about 6 feet deep at its deepest point and there were a few of us....not mentioning any names, that wanted to jump off the tallest cliff into the water. You had to make sure you landed with your arms out to the side and bent knees so that the water would slow you down upon impact. Even so, from that high up, your butt would still hit the ground under the water. Don't tell Tiffani.
This was my first time EVER seeing Delicate arch. 31 years living in Utah and I'd never seen it.
Getting ready to raft the Colorado. Of course nobody came prepared with sunscreen....except me. So as I pulled mine out, I got about 17 people wanting to borrow it. Want to guess how long it lasted?
Our river guide was amazing. She rowed against the wind for about 3 hours straight! The bad side to this is her tour guide company wouldn't let us do anything do to liability issues, no cliff jumping, no stopping. We weren't even allowed to help row the raft. Lame.
Manti pageant to finish the trip. This was a great spiritual way to top things off. Many of the boys had never seen the pageant let alone the Manti temple. (By the way the scenery from Moab to Manti is INCREDIBLE! I had never driven it before. I'm going to have drive it again sometime. There are some amazing views here in Utah.
