Monticello

We got back from Monticello last night and it was such a blast. We drove down on Thursday and made it just in time for Mark, his brother Ryan and his brother in law Mike to play 18 holes of golf at the Monticello golf course. They had a great time seeing deer, pheasants, snakes, rabbits and other wildlife all over the golf course as they played their round. Meanwhile Hollie and I checked into the hotel and took the kids swimming.

Friday morning we drove into Moab and went river rafting on the Colorado river. It was such a blast. The river was pretty calm and the rapids were never too much that they scared the kids or could have tipped us over. It was overcast so we lucked out. The day before we were told it made it up to 110 degrees, but I don't think it went much over 100 the day we went and the sun wasn't blazing down on us so we stayed comfortable. We went with a large group consisting of 5 big rafts and about 10-15 "duckies" (inflatable kayaks.) We had water fights all day long and enjoyed jumping in and out of the water. We really had fun and plan on doing it again next year.

Saturday we went to the Pioneer Day parade where the kids loaded up on candy. Again the temperatures were so nice, it was cloudy and about 80 degrees. A huge relief from the constant 100degree temperatures back home. They have a park filled with booths vending food, jewelry, and toys so we went over there after the parade and let the kids play and eat for a couple of hours. The boys played in their annual basketball tournament and beat the team with the girl, but lost their next 2 games. The teams they lost to went on to play each other for the championship so that made our guys feel a little better I think. They were all sore and sunburned from paddling on the river the day before. We went to dinner at the town Pizza parlor thtat night then went swimming at the hotel pool.

Sunday morning we took our time packing and enjoyed the drive home stopping at "Hole in the Rock" arch and making lots of pit stops on the way home. We really enjoyed our trip this year and are already planning for next year.