Moab and Arches National Park

In March, we went down to Moab to watch Amber run in the Moab Half Marathon. She did a fabulous job, despite the conditions we faced as you will see later on:) We had so much fun spending time with Jordan and Amber though. They will be moving to Wisconsin in June, so we wanted to do a little trip with them before they left.

Arches National Park

We did a little hike to Landscape Arch

Balanced Rock

Delicate Arch

We didn't hike to the arch, but got a nice scenic view of it

We also found some petroglyphs which were amazing! We had fun philosophizing about what everything meant.

It's hard to believe that people lived out here, because of the harsh conditions, but here was a home. Can you imagine your family living in one room with a dirt floor? The first house on the left didn't even have a window! We have it so lucky.

So, it was REALLY cold as you can see by Brandon's face...

... but he got happier by the end:)

Camping in Moab

Here was our group site for camping. 13 adults and 3 children were supposed to camp here, but it ended up only being the 6 of us. Amber's family was all running in the race and they were all going to camp, but they all bailed, becasue of the cold. It was in the the 30's that night! Amber probably should have bailed too so she could have gotten a better night's rest, but she stayed and braved it out with us! And to tell you the truth, it actually wasn't that bad.

Brandon snoozing away all bundled up! This was his first ever camping trip with many more to come.

Three men in a tent!

This picture of Brandon just cracks me up. I actually do have one of him smiling, but this one is just too funny.

Another shot of Landscape Arch

After the race, we took a bike ride up the canyon. It was a lot of fun.

Even though it was a cold trip, we had such a great time. We also became a fan of the Moab Diner. Out of all the places to eat, we went there twice!