Moab Trip: Rafting

We had a big day ahead of us. The water was gentle enough that we could take Willow along and be safe with all the kids. We put our safety gear on, made sure we had enough food and drinks ~ then had a nearby visitor take our picture :)

I took all these photos with my phone camera as I didn't want to chance my nice one getting wet....

It was great that we had the freedom to get in and out of the raft and swim when we wanted.....

What a relaxing float, in good company :)

Waseem and Sarah spent some great time in the duckie. We all had our chance to paddle. The wind would come up and give us a good workout......

At one point we spotted some Bighorn sheep making their way down the rock to drink. Kind of a bad picture, but maybe you can make them out....

We stopped on an island to eat lunch and run around.......

The mud here was gooey and fantastic! Ha!

"Rivers know this: 

There is no hurry.

We shall get there someday." 

~ A.A. Milne

Hours flew by. In fact the whole weekend went too fast and we all wished we had more time to be together.
The morning before we departed ways, we consumed a hearty breakfast. We would love to make this Moab trip a yearly ritual. Perhaps every Labor Day? Every time we come visit we scratch the surface of things to do here. We will be back.......

We saw "Mator" (I hope I spelled that right) and had to get a picture of the kids........

Until the road leads us back! What a great weekend adventure! 

Moab Trip: Dead Horse Point

The first evening in Moab, as exhausted as we were from playing in the river, we decided to drive to Dead Horse Point. I'd seen pictures of this place from when my siblings Adam and Audrey visited. I wanted to make a point to see it!

What a beautiful drive it was!

We arrived.
I fell in love with the place........

A warm welcoming, glow and positive energy all around.......

We took some group photos......

Then, went back to soak in the views......

As you can tell, I couldn't get enough of the place. Simply amazing.

The light kept changing the landscape which kept us on our toes......

Ava drew a picture of the Dead Horse Point landscape.....

I had Bryan take this "moment of Zen" shot for me......

Goodnight canyon; Hello moon.......

In our great luck, we got to see a Midget-faded rattlesnake on our drive back to our cabins.....

That of course, was probably the highlight of Bryan's night...... Haha!

We could have stayed up in good company talking all night, but we decided we would get some rest in anticipation of our rafting trip the next morning. That was going to be a whole other adventure!