Catching Up #4 - Memorial Day Moab Moto

Oh my, it's been super busy, sorry just getting to #4.  I'll have one more after this one which gets us to 2 weekends ago.  

So we went to Moab over Memorial Day to do some dirt biking.  We were set to have our same group from last year, James and Michelle, Marit and Bill and us.  We also invited a babysitting couple to stay to watch the kids in the mornings so we could ride.  Unfortunately Bill broke his leg the weekend before dirt biking and he had to have surgery!  So we were one couple down, and we sure did miss them!  The house we stayed in was a bit out of town, but quiet and a nice yard.

We drove down on Friday mid day.  Reed had fun with spiderman stickers:

 The kids had fun playing in the yard at the house.

 

 Fogg and I and James and Michelle went for rides on Saturday and Sunday mornings.  The guys did a great job picking good trails for Michelle and I, and they were good distances.  James and Fogg did a couple of night time harder rides too.

Me and Fogg (I'm in the back on the red bike)

 Fogg

 All of us at the top of 7 mile rim.

 Me rolling down the trail

 Fogg doing some rocks

 Me in beautiful Moab!

 We did a ride called Fins and Things near slickrock, I loved it!

 Fogg looking all professional.

 This is about how much air I ever get

 Fogg and me behind him on the slickrock

Each afternoon we went to the pool to cool off.  Both kids had a blast on the waterslides and swimming around in the kiddy pool.  Reed went down the adult waterslide no less than 50 times in the two days and jumped off the HIGH dive 4 times!  What an adventurous (though careful) kid. 

We saw Mater (from the kids movie cars)!  Moab is very much what that movie is modeled after.  They had a Sarge there at some point but when we stopped to show Reed, Sarge was out.  Reed thought that he was seeing the real thing!

Then in Green River we found Lightening McQueen!

The second afternoon, we piled the kids all in our truck to head to the pool.  They loved being so close to one another.  Gracie in the middle!

We ended up leaving on Monday morning to get home and clean up a little before the work began the next day.  The kids were troopers, did great!  Nora finally passed out with toy in hand.

We sure do love Moab and love dirt biking.  We had a blast with our friends and got to know some new ones (the babysitters).  It was relaxing and fun and perfect.  Everything about the trip was great (other than Bill and Marit not coming).  Can't wait to go back!