Spring Break Part 2: MOAB

On Thursday we drove down to Moab and met up with our friends, the Crowthers.  They own 2 beautiful condos at Moab Springs Ranch and we were lucky to be their guests!  Early Friday morning BS and Nate went mountain biking.  BS didn't take his bike down this time so he was riding Jayden's {a 14 yr old} and wore regular clothes and sneakers!  It was odd to see him biking without all of his gear.  He had a great ride checking out the new trail called "The Magnificent Seven."

Only 1 pair of gloves so they shared

While they rode, Dee and I did a little jeeping which is always fun!  We also hiked to Gemini Bridges.  We left the kids back at the condo to sleep-in and hang out.  They love being with the other kids.  On the way back we saw our other friends, the Banks.  They joined us and then we met up with the Sunderlages.  So there were 4 families, and all of the kids are buddies.  We all went to breakfast at the Moab diner.

Then we went on a hike to Corona Arch which looks a lot like Rainbow Bridge.  It is a perfect hike in terms of length, difficulty, and coolness factor when hiking with kiddos.  While we were there Nate and his friend climbed to the top and swung off of it and rappelled down.  Yikes!

Quin was the youngest but she hikes like a Mountain Goat!

PLANKING under Corona Arch

Q, Sage, Kyndra, Tatum, Seth, Brayden, W, Jayden, S, M, Morann, Kembree

Saturday, Crowthers took us on a secret hike to see a secret arch.  It's secret because it's not on the maps.  On the way back we stopped to look at Indian ruins.  So cool.

Morann, M, Kyndra, Sage, Jayden, Tatum

Sage and Q found fuzzy caterpillars

The kid's favorite activity was jeeping with Nate and Dee!  The four 12 year old girls could not get enough of it!  They rode Fins and Things and some other famous trail.  I have to admit that I love it too!

The rest of the time was spent swimming at the pool, exploring real dinosaur tracks, canoeing in the pond, catching tadpoles, swinging on hammocks, playing night games, eating good food, and shopping.  Will has been obsessed with finding gold so we took him to the local gem shop and got him a pan and a pick.  He also found out that indeed he had found a real dinosaur bone!

 

S, Morann, M, Jayden

M, Tatum, Q, Kyndra, Morann

 The weather was forecasted to be cold, rainy, and windy - which it was up here - but down in Moab it wasn't bad at all.  Somehow the rain missed us.  Fantastic trip!