Arches and Moab (day 2)

On Friday we started the day hiking to the Delicate Arch. Boni and Abbi tried to go up to the arch the day before, but they couldn't find a parking spot, it was that busy. It seems everyone in Utah who didn't go to Disneyland for the UEA weekend came to Arches.

Abbi, James and Kai on their way up the trail to the Delicate Arch

After we secured early morning parking spaces, we headed up the trail. The kids did a real good job on the hike. James is still wearing his boot from his injured foot, and he had several people make comments to him about what commitment he has to make the hike, if a kid in a boot can make this hike, so can they, and so on. Once up at the Delicate Arch Boni saw some of her neighbors and James saw a girl from his school, and Boni just happened to know the girl's mom. (See? Everyone DID go to Arches). Here's a photo me and James under the arch (really, it is us, even though you can't make us out in the photo...)

After the hike Boni and Abbi went down to Monticello to visit some friends and made a couple of stops in Canyonlands. We drove up to Devil's Garden, had some lunch, and took in some more of the sites in Arches.

The view James and I had while lying on our backs and looking up at the double arch.

Later that afternoon we walked around Main Street in Moab for awhile and then went back to the campsite to make dinner. Boni and Abbi joined us later, pitched their tent and then we all had Jiffy Pop! (I didn't even know you could still buy Jiffy Pop.)

NOTE TO CAMPERS: NEVER, NEVER, NEVER take an infant/toddler with you camping if you are going to be stuffed sardine-style into a campground. ESPECIALLY if that infant/toddler is sick. And, if said infant/toddler is sick, NEVER let them cry for 10+ minutes at 2:00 in the morning before doing something about it!!! (Whew. I feel better now.)