For a very long time Beth Bingham Johnston has dreamed of going to an exotic desert locale, and a couple of weeks ago Oliver and I witnessed this dream come true. We met Big Mike and Bethers in Moab, Utah for President's Day Weekend. Beth was so excited to be in Moab that she was actually jumping up and down and waving her arms when we met her in the hotel.
The weather was perfect the entire weekend and the crowds were minimal. Our first day was spent hiking all over Arches National Park, the second day mountain biking and hiking in the Fiery Furnace, and the third day rockclimbing. Rumour has it that some of the arches are about to fall down, and so it was necessary that we got pictures of us "holding up the arches;" this lead to some pretty weird glares from the other tourists. The funniest part of the trip was probably when Oliver accidentally saw Big Mike naked in the hotel room...welcome to the family Ozzy! Some other good highlights were eating "energy pellets" AKA Australian Chocolates underneath Delicate Arch (don't worry that Bethers had saved them especially for this occasion), looking at petroglyphs, Bethers "holding up the arches", seeing the creepy Norwegians hike barefooted, and having dinner every night at the Branding Iron.
It was an awesome weekend full of memories and fun. It was really nice to have one-on-one time with Mom and Dad (even if there was nudity involved). We can't wait to go back and do it again!
2 comments:
Very entertaining! Sounds like a fun trip and I love your pictures! Mom is in her element! We should make this an annual trip-I want to go! I hate to admit it but I have never been to Moab! Mike has a way of welcoming son-in-laws into the family, Bruce got a simillar but very different welcome...I'm not going to go there.
I want to know what happened to Bruce?!! I loved Moab and it was very fun to be with Ozzy and Carly. If anyone else wants to go again---I'm game!
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