Our Moab Weekend

Well, our short-lived vacation (aren't they all, though?) is over and we're back to real life. We had a lot of fun in Moab this weekend, even though it was scorching hot and the sun seemed to radiate off anything it could...even our own shoes. We picked a great weekend to go down, the town was fairly quite, possibly the quietest I have ever seen it.

We arrived Saturday afternoon, after of course stopping at our favorite burger place in all of Utah, Ray's Tavern in Green River. This place is great, we discovered it while on one of our slot canyon trips a few years back & it's now became a traditional stop everytime we're in the Green River area. They have incredible burgers, and an awesome teryiaki chicken sandwhich. If you have not been there I highly recommend you make a stop if you're ever in that area. After checking into our hotel Saturday afternoon, we made a trip to mainstreet so I could check out all of the fun jewelry stores. We stopped in at the Museum of Moab, which was quite more interesting than I expected it to be & we were the only ones in the whole place, which was nice. I'm not a huge fan of fighting crowds....in fact, I'm not a huge fan of the public general, as many of you may know. :D We then ate dinner at Cassanos, the italian place on mainstreet, that from what I had heard has great pizza. And I'm glad to say, the rumor was right.

Sunday was spent with an off-road trip to Bull Canyon & Gemini Bridges just north Moab, where we got some great shots of the landscape. The sky was so pretty against the red rock. Other than the high, steep climb up the mountain to start the trail (which had a ledge to one side that made me so nervous that I couldn't stand to look out the side windows to appreciate the aerial view we were getting) it was a relaxing trip, complete with a complimentary massage from the washboard roads...which actually became quite annoying after a few hours & I began to wonder if there is such a thing as "shaken adult syndrome". We then made a stop at Hole 'N the Rock, and were quite disappointed....I remember it being cooler when I was younger, but it gave us something to do for a bit. We tried swimming in the hotel pool which was desolate for about 5 mins before it was swarmed over with crazy Europeans who seemed to be swarming all over the town as well. They seem to flock there...I noticed that as well when we were on our honeymoon in Durango, I thought it was kinda weird....but that's another story.

We packed up Monday morning, and made a trip through Arches, I'd never been there before & Brad was young when he went, so we'd figure we'd swing on in for a bit on our way home. It was a great weekend, and soooo nice to get away for a few days. Below you can see pics from our trip & the beautiful red rock & skies.

The infamous Ray's Tavern:

Photos from our Sunday drive to Bull Canyon & Gemini Bridges:







Here are a couple pics from our drive into Arches:

A fun "jeep" at Hole N The Rock made from license plates & bolts, screws, etc.

And a random pics of Brad & I from a fishing trip the weekend before...(none of the pics of us turned out from our trip to Moab, but I felt this post needed a photo that included us, so this'll have to be it :D)

Sorry, We're Not Home Right Now....We're Out Playing!

MMM...you can almost feel that sun. As of tomorrow morning we're off to Moab for a weekend of road-trip tunes, blazing hot sun, red-dirt trails, & a stop at Ray's Tavern in Green River for a delicious burger. Does a weekend get any better? Does it? If you think it could, then what if I said that on top of all of that, we get a break from teaching nursery for the weekend? Yup, that's what I thought....heaven, right? I know, I'm bad & will probably be struck by lightning here any second....but I'm not taking my words back :D Stay tuned for pictures to come of our trip!

One Year Ago Today

Yup, thats right, ONE YEAR AGO to the day I was proudly showing off a sparkly diamond ring from my sweetie. I remember thinking that if Brad were to propose to me that day he would act weird, nervous, or a little different throughout the day. But infact, he was just the opposite, nothing out of the ordinary while at the BBQ his family had at their house. And to be honest, that ticked me off a little bit because I was almost certain that this weekend would be the time he'd do it & the fact that nothing seemed out of the ordinary was extremely disappointing. But that all changed as we headed up Rock Canyon to watch the Stadium of Fire fireworks later that evening and he fidgeted around a little and was acting a bit suspicious....especially after pulling a hoodie out of his backpack he'd carried up with us....and it was at least 85 degrees as we waited for the sun to go down and the fireworks to start. Not long after Brad turned to me, pulled out the ring and said "lets get married" (I found the ring had been hidden in the hoodie) and I almost knocked the ring and the ring box out of his hand as I swung my arms around him to give him the biggest hug he's probably ever had. So, this day a year ago was a very exciting day for Brad & I and had been a long time coming. I can't believe it's been a year already....I guess time flies when you're having fun, right?