This trip was so much fun for me because it brought back so many memories of all the trips we'd take down there when I was a kid. Here's a few of the highlights.
Our gorgeous house
It was so pretty. My favorite thing was being able to go, go, go all day and having such a comfortable place to crash at night. It came complete with four huge bathtubs, cable TV, foosball, and more. We tried our hardest to catch the place on fire when our entire bbq was consumed by flames in the worst grease fire I have ever seen. Luckily Mike B. was right there with the baking soda. Whew!
I'm not sure how to explain this one... Not quite what we expected, but an adventure all it's own.Coral Pink Sand Dunes:
So pretty, and so much fun! Maybe a bit too hot in August though... Hmmm... will have to remember that for next time. I have so many great memories of trips here when I was a little girl. Just running and jumping through miles and miles of soft, pink sand.
Swimming in the awesome pool.
Khursten loves waterslides. She must have gone down these slides 100 times.Hiking 1/3 of Emeral Pools:
You heard me right... we only made it 1/3 of the way (life's a little different with kids). Hey, we made it to the lower pool, and it was the most beautiful 0.6 miles we'd ever hiked!Riding around in a golf cart:
This resort offered a lot of fun things to do, but the prices were a little too steep for us. I wish we could pay the $225/ hour it would cost for our family to ride horses for an hour, or the $120/person to go repelling down Orderville Canyon. Ryan and I were feeling a Little bad that we weren't forking out the big bucks to do some fun stuff. We were just about to cave and hand over the dough when we saw a sign telling us we could rent a golf cart for $40 a day. What? Only $40? This $40 golf cart brought about some serious fun. We drove all around the resort and all over the little trails. Ryan and I went out by ourselves for a little while. Things got a little reckless. At one point I decided to flip a U-turn going a whopping 15-mph and I threw Ryan completely out of the cart and he landed in a big pile of sticker burrs. Good times. I can't wait to get the pictures of this.Playing Red Sand Volley Ball. I couldn't find a cool picture for this one. We had so much fun playing volleyball in the fine red sand. The kids all sat in the corner of the court and built some seriously cool sand castles. It was fun for all ages. When we got back to the house and threw the kids in the bathtub, we left a nice, red ring around it. The bottoms of my feet still have a nice red hue to them.
The Tunnel:
Jen & I reminiscing about the 'magic' we felt driving through this mile-long tunnel as kids. We tried to explain to our husbands how rolling down the windows, honking your horn, and screaming at the top of your lungs would be a super fun thing to do. They were not convinced, but they did agree to try. I think the shrieks of delight they heard coming from the girls in the back seat may have finally changed their minds. By the 4th time we went through, I'm pretty sure they were feeling the magic.
Lizard spotting:
Never did catch one, but we had fun trying. We saw quite a few of these cute little guys running around. And quite a few of these freaky-looking dudes too:
Dutch Oven Dinner: 
We got to go for a ride in a wagon to a secluded spot where they had prepared a delicious dutch-oven dinner. It was perfect... beautiful night, amazing view, succulent dinner, swarms of bees.... oh wait... let's just forget about those darn bees.
Thanks guys for such a fun weekend!
3 comments:
Sounds Awesome. I really would like to get away.
I can't believe you have this page done already. Thanks for the quick resort report. I'm going to try to get to Sam's tomorrow to do my pictures. Then I'll put them on my computer and try to send them to you. Maybe.... cindy
That sounds like a little slice of heaven. How fun for you guys! My favorites were the pool, (how cool was that pool!) and the tunnel. I loved to scream my guts out in that tunnel. Remember when we were crazy and would walk through it? It is a miracle no one was hit by a car!!!
You are lucky to have such fun in-laws!
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