Spring Break at the Dunes

For Spring Break and Easter this year, Matt and I headed down to Coral Pink for the Fischer/Abbott annual sand dunes trip. Matt and I followed Tim with the trailer down and got caught in some wild Utah weather, and also got caught behind some idiot Utah drivers (typical). We got in pretty late and set up before going to bed. The next morning we woke up to a little snow on the ground... I was not happy. Luckily, it melted quickly and that was the last of the snow for the weekend. I got to go golfing with the boys on Friday in Kanab, which was really fun. We all sucked pretty bad, but that doesn't really matter too much when you are with the Fischer boys. The only thing that changes is that there is A LOT of cheating (as opposed to a little), and A LOT of swearing (as opposed to a little). That night, Matt and I got to take the four-wheeler out for a ride on the dunes, which was really fun. Matt also taught me how to ride his dirt bike, which was scary. I'm still not sure if I like riding a motorcycle! I will keep working on it though, just in case it turns out to be fun.

On Saturday, we relaxed in our camp, listened to a little bit of conference, and in the afternoon we went out for a ride on the wheelers with Lance and Kendra, Jake and Jenna, Tim and Kamie, Danny, and Brady and Steph.



We all thought we were pretty great for climbing Widowmaker, then Danny would zoom past us and jump off the top...


Then we went through the "wash," a trail through the woods on the edge of the dunes. It was my favorite part of the whole trip. It felt like the Disneyland of four-wheeling. Tim and Kamie made me laugh. Tim had to wear his hat sideways while we were riding because if it was forward, it would fall off, and when it was backwards, it would hit Kamie in the face!


Sunday was a great Easter for us... even though Matt broke one of the chairs in Diet and Myrna's trailer! The bottom just dropped out from under him!


Everyone packed up and headed out Sunday morning and afternoon, except Matt, Diet, Myrna and I. We were planning to head home on Monday. So, we drove into Paragonah to visit some Abbotts, and on our way back we drove through Zion National Park. WOW. I have never been there and it was beautiful. We stopped and went for a little hike with Diet, which was also a highlight of my trip. It was the perfect temperature for being outside and hiking, the view was amazing, and the mountain goats were all over the place! Myrna had one walk right next to her while she was waiting for us to come back from our hike.

This is one of the best pictures of the trip. Matt and I got caught up taking some pictures and when we caught up to Diet, we found him sitting on this huge rock just waiting for us! It was hilarious... and of course, Matt had to climb up there and sit on the rock too.










I love this trip. Even though we come home with sand EVERYWHERE, it is always so much fun.