...massive moab trip...

This past weekend a huge group of us (there were probably around 140ish of us) went down to Moab, Utah for a few days. Let's just say that basically it was AMAZING!! and i didn't want to come home. We got down there on Thursday night...really late...couldn't find the campground because no one had actually got there yet to set up camp. So we ended up finding a large line of cars, picking a random place, and setting up camp. Seeing that there were so many of us, the two cars that we had caravaned down with decided to find a spot a little further away so we could catch some shut eye. It was a perfect little spot on a hill, pretty flat for the most part, we pulled out the tarps and air mattresses and just slept under the stars. I was so excited that i couldn't fall asleep for a while, i just gazed at the sky looking for satellites. It was incredible. Two hours laters, the sun came up, i too got up, and we packed up camp and headed out for the day. A big chunk of people went rafting while the other groups went hiking, biking, atv-ing, etc. I went and hiked up Negro Bill Canyon. It was beautiful! I was so happy, everyone was making fun of me 'cause even though it was blazing outside I was the happiest camper ever. Oh the great outdoors. Here are a collage of pictures from the trip...tried to put a bunch on but there were too many.Thursday night we hiked up to Delicate Arch at Canyonlands...I haven't been here since i was child, so I was pretty excited to be there. I probably looked like an asian tourist stopping and hiking off on my own to take pictures of everything. It was the best. Here is part of the group that we drove down with, better known as the neighbor boys we're missing a few of them...Rick-man, Dain, and John John. They are my favorite...but from left to right...Justin LeBaron, Me, Michael Persson, and my roomie Aubry. We're just cruising at the top of Delicate Arch watching the sunset. After we hiked down it was pretty dark and we went back into town, picked up our friend Jeff from the movies 'cause he wore the back of his feet raw (as you can see below) on the first day we were there so he wasn't up to hiking around, plus he hates being outdoors...anywho who...then we headed up to our next campsite. I'm just going to say that a lot of people were grumpy and went to bed. I however just enjoyed being outside and read some before i went to sleep. That night I didn't sleep so well. We were pretty squished and due to the sun coming up and no shade, everyone seemed to squished down behind the shade of the cars...i unfortunately, got smashed between aubs and justin and was unable to move. ha ha...oh well...



That day we went to a place called left hand that only the locals know about. How do we know of this place you may ask? One of the neighbors is actually from Moab, so we got to go some places that not everyone knew about. :) It was hot!! I definitely got some sun which is a definite plus because now i'm not so pasty. A girl broke her tibia and fibula from jumping off the cliff into the water. Sad day.After Left Hand, we went back into town to grab Jeff again from the movies, then headed to the park for the BBQ. Here's Aubs cruisin at the bbq.The food was delightful. We had steak, chicken, vegetable kabobs, with mint and lime mojitos as a beverage. We also had ice cream and bananas in this syrup. It was tasty. Mmmmm...after i tried to take a quick nap before we drove home, but that didn't really work. So we packed up and headed home. About three hours laters, one gas station, and two houses, we finally got home. It was really late, but of course when Aubs and I got back to the apartment we kicked it with our other roomies. Bad choice. Oh btw, i have new roommate. Her name is Carly Walker. I'll post a picture once I have one. Anyway...I miss Moab.