The kids had the day off on Friday and so we borrowed a 12-seater Van from some close friends and took our kids and two friends to Moab for the day. We were hoping to escape the rain soaked weather of northern Utah and we were ALMOST successful. Our main goal on this trip was to celebrate Oak's 10th Birthday. He had specifically asked to go on a family adventure including some rappelling.
Holly baked the cake, but didn't get it decorated before we left town. The decorations were added with the help of Mercy and Sage, while nursing Joyce on the side of route 279 between Moab and Potash. While Holly was decorating the cake I was helping the older kids rappel down a 70ft cliff in the dark. We ended up leaving the rappelling site at 1030PM and didn't arrive home until 0230 in the morning on Saturday.
We had lots of fun playing on the big sand dune just outside Arches National Park and then driving into the park for some sight seeing and a hike to Delicate Arch in the pouring rain. Due to the rain, we arrived at Delicate Arch and had it to ourselves for about 20 minutes. All in all it was a wonderful family adventure from which we have spent the remainder of the weekend recovering.
