Arches

Thanks for the pics, Mike! Since my pics won't post for some odd reason, I'll just tell you all to check out Mike's fun photos, and maybe I'll add some of my own later...
So last weekend, Mike, me, Shawn, Mar, and Jesse went down to Moab to meet Jeff and his sister Megan in Arches National Park - we camped there. It was a riot! I don't know what it is about being in the outdoors... maybe the fact that we're in nature, and it brings out our 'natural' side... but we just get downright silly. Is that what nature intends?

For us, it is!

We got to the campsite late Friday - around 10:00 pm. Jeff and Megan already had a tent set up and a fire going, so we chatted for an hour or so and then hit the hay... or, some of us did. Mar and I got in our sleeping bags and listened to Mike, Jesse, Jeff and Megan's antics... something about it being embarrassing to get caught with your shutter open? And then being over-exposed? When they did get in the tent, they giggled forever. It was entertaining to listen to them. I was too tired, otherwise I might have joined!
Saturday morning, we lounged around and ate, before we decided to get going. We ended up at Devil's Garden and hiked around in that park for several hours; it was so pretty, and the experience was topped off with Mike and Shawn humming funny songs. Then we walked back to camp and rested before heading into town. We were stopped about a mile outside of town, though by... a herd of cattle. We waited for half an hour before all the cattle were out of the way! Someone said it might have been a Dude thing... people probably paid to do a cattle drive. Oooookaaayy... whatever floats your boat. Anyhow, when we finally made it into town, we got something to eat, went to the grocery store, and then the others humored me by letting me go to the cemetery to find an ancestor's grave. We made it up the canyon to see Delicate Arch (from a distance) at sunset - VERY cool. When we got back to camp, we had the ultimate campfire experience! Jeff and Megan played on a guitar and we sang songs, Mike told scary stories out of a book (the best was when he freaked Mar out), and we roasted marshmallows - among other things (Mike roasted a Twinkie. I think I prefer them raw) - and Jesse grilled burgers for dinner. YUM. After another round of giggling (it got Shawn that night) we went to bed.
Sunday we got up, packed up camp, went into town for breakfast, and headed home. It was a successfully AWESOME trip - we all had a blast! Next time, Kate, Steve, Melissa, and Dan have got to come... I promise you won't be disappointed!