In the beginning of June, we took a last minute trip down to Moab to join the Knudsen Family for an "I'm tired of being quarantined" weekend getaway. There were more restrictions in Colorado than in Utah at that time and they were ready to get away and be somewhere where they could go out to dinner and hike and go off roading. They invited us along since our kids get along so well. We met up on Friday afternoon at a vacation rental that they had found. I think the kids were most excited about the pool. They wanted to go swimming almost immediately. We held them out until after dinner (which we all enjoyed at a cafe, in their dinning room for the first time since lockdown). The swimming pool was short lived because a storm blew in about 30 minutes after we got in, which brought some crazy wind and some lightning and rain. We made them get out when we saw the lightning. By the time the storm had blown through, the kids were all showered and in pajamas. Unfortunately, neither family brought any games and the condo didn't have any, so the kids had to entertain themselves and the adults just talked.
On Saturday, we had plans to go hiking and off-roading and then to let the kids swim. These plans got a little messed up with more storms. There was a crazy storm that blew through around 11 am that took out our power for a few seconds, dropped hail on us, and flooded the ground floor condos. As soon as that one passed, we split our group in half and headed out. Danny, Ashley, and Tyler joined Jake and Tamma on an off-roading trail. The rest of us hiked up to Corona arch.
The kids all did so well with the hiking, which turned out to be 2 different hikes totaling 4-5 miles. The off-roading group had fun too. We met up for dinner(in food truck square) and then headed home for swimming and relaxing.
On Sunday, we decided to try hiking a slot canyon. None of us had ever hiked one before and Becky and Jake had some friends that did one near Goblin Valley that they said was kid friendly and a lot of fun. Our family had to head home by noon, so we went as far as we could in the time that we had, but we ended up having to split ways with the Knudsen's while they continued on to do the entire loop. We had to turn back the way we had come. However, we did see some pretty impressive narrow passes, and even got to hike through a bit of water.
Here is the whole group, besides Danny, right before we parted ways.
The slot canyon was pretty cool. We plan to go back and try it again the next time we go to Goblin Valley. We are so glad that the Knudsen's invited us to join them. It was nice to get away and to give the kids a chance to reconnect with their cousins before the Miner Family Reunion later that month.
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