Four Wheelin'

This is down in the river bed. It was so beautiful

down there with all of the leaves changing colors.

Right before we got to the mail drop we stopped to take a break.

Mom and Dad. What a cute couple!

What a shot!

This is a picture off of the mail drop. Isn't it a long ways down?

Do I look nervous? It's because I am.

I don't like standing that close to the edge.

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 1ST,

we got to go on a four-wheeler ride. We have had this on the calendar for a couple of months and it was so fun. We have done this ride to Carmel Junction before, but my mom and dad joined us this time for their first time on this ride. We left our kids home with a babysitter and left home at about 8:30 a.m. The ride starts out by Coral Pink which is just past Colorado City so it takes about an hour to get there. We had a fairly big group this time with a few people that we knew from our old ward and a few people that we didn't. We actually picked up a couple in a Rhino along the way and they joined us for the whole trip. We started out going to the Mail Drop. This is a place where postal carriers in the old days used to take the mail to save time. The postal carriers would meet at this cliff and use a pulley system to send the mail up and down the cliff. This cliff has a sheer drop off. We threw a rock off and counted and it took at least ten seconds before it hit the ground. I couldn't even get that close to the edge. We had a dog with us that was whimpering and whining everytime anyone got too close. Way to high for me!

After we were done there we hopped back on our four-wheelers and started toward Carmel Junction. This takes a little over an hour, but it is a beautiful ride. Towards the end you climb this steep-steep hill and then it drops down into a river bed. I think they said you actually cross the river 25 times. This to me was the funnest part of the trip. Riding through the water and then climbing out of the river. It was so fun. After getting to Carmel Junction and eating lunch at the restaurant we filled up our tanks and got ready to head back. This time going through the river was a little bit more challenging. I tried to make it up out of the river bed in a spot that had huge ruts and felt like it was straight up. I came through the river bed and then pressed on the gas apparently I went the wrong way and couldn't quite make it up. I reversed and tried again and this time I was successful. My mom and dad did the same thing that I did, except that in their Rhino it looked a little more dangerous. The lady that came behind my dad had her kids in the back and when she tried I thought she was going to tip over. Her two front wheels were off the ground. Although it added a little excitement to the trip I was definitely glad when everyone else made it up okay. The only other adventure we had was trying to climb back up the steep-steep hill. You pretty much have to put your four-wheeler/Rhino in 4 wheel drive and gun it. If you don't you'll most likely get stuck. One of the guys we were with actually tried to do it without 4 wheel drive and ended up burying his tires. After a little bit of digging and another Rhino using a rope to pull him out we all ended up making it to the top. The rest of the ride was pretty easy going. What a great way to spend the day. We ended up getting home at about 6:00 that night and found everything okay at home. After cleaning the four-wheelers and putting stuff away we ate chinese and watched the Jazz. What a great day. Life has been so hectic lately that it was nice to take a break from everything. Thanks for joining us mom and dad it was a blast!