Last Day in Moab

Our last day in Moab it got cold and us Texans do not have the cold weather gear to ride the 4-wheelers when it is that cold, so Grandma and Grandpa donned their winter clothes and rode the 4-wheelers. That left our family and Troy's family riding in the jeeps. The kids were disappointed but I was thankful that Grandma and Grandpa were willing to take us out even though it got cold. Not many grandparents would be willing to ride the 4-wheelers in cold like they did. We went to Wipe-Out Hill. It was impressive. When we first got there I thought Grandpa was crazy to even suggest going down it and then backup, but he got in his Jeep Cherokee with the grand kids that were willing to go with him, which included our 3 boys, and he went right down it.

This is Grandpa starting down wipe-out hill with our 3 boys and I think Nicholas in with him. It looks really steep in this picture, but it is much steeper in real life. Two dimensional pictures just do not capture what it looks like in 3-D.

Grandpa and the Grandkids continuing down Wipe-Out Hill. Lori took the pictures and I took video of the insanity.

Another picture of Grandpa demonstrating how crazy he is.

At the end when they were down, it really did not seem that bad. But I thought getting back up would be a different story. I was more impressed with how the Jeep just crawled right back up without any problems. I decided I wanted to try it. So I drove Grandpa's Jeep down and back up Wipe-Out Hill with the kids in the car. Lori did not want to do it so she video-taped the event. Unfortunately, she could not video and take pictures at the same time so we do not have any pictures of me driving so you will have to take my word for it. It would have looked pretty much the same as my dad driving, so there is not that much new to share anyway.

After I went Troy got his nerve-up and so he took his family for a ride on Wipe-Out hill. This is where Dawn started screaming.

Here is Dawn continuing the ride. Conner, unfortunately, did not enjoy the ride as much as the other kids. At the bottom of the hill when Troy was turning around, Conner jumped out of the Jeep and ran over to the weeds and fell on his knees. Lori and I though he must just have to go wee really bad because he does have a small bladder, but it turned out to be that he was scared to death after the trip down Wipe-Out Hill. As I understand it, he ran over in the weeds to give thanks that he was still alive! The day before he was making me nervous at Arches National Park as we were hiking at Delicate Arch because he was so bold. He did not show much fear there and Brett was much more cautious and worried about being there. But Conner was really scared about riding in the Jeep. I am not sure what the big difference was, but the tough Jeeping scared him to death.

This is Troy, Dawn and Nicholas going back up Wipe-Out Hill. Conner walked back up because he is much more comfortable walking than riding in the Jeep.

We stopped and collected some rocks, climbed around a bit and enjoyed the scenery. We were on the Monitor and Merrimack Trail and the rock in the background is either the Monitor or the Merrimack, I am not sure which. These were Civil War ships that the rocks are supposed to look like.

All of us by the Jeep we were driving. It sure was nice of Grandpa to buy two Jeeps so we could all go Jeeping with him. We are very thankful to him. I would like to buy the Jeep from him, but here in Texas I do not know where I would use a nice Jeep like that complete with a lift kit.

We hiked up the hill a bit and this a looking down on the 4-wheelers and the Jeeps.

Jared, Ryan and Brett on the hike.

On the trail there was a spot with so dinosaur bones in the rocks, so we went on a short hike to look at them. Jere we have Nicholas, Conner, Jared and Brett on the dinosaur trail.

After the Jeep ride we went back into Moab and we all designed our own Moab shirts. He we have Conner and Nicholas showing ups their new Moab shirts as they get ready for the drive home. Conner has a small bladder so this is a common scene for them when they travel.