I am not going to give a play by play of our jeeping adventures because it's pretty much the same as any of the other times we went. I was scared, it was pretty though, Frank loved it, yada yada yada.
What I would like to share is the coping mechanisms that I have come up with:
1-make a vow to myself to just keep my mouth shut and not yell, or whimper or cry or scream. Just be stoic. (Always break said vow within 5 minutes)
2-close my eyes when it is scary
3-get out of the car when it is really scary
4-pretend I'm on a roller coaster (but with my eyes shut)
5-pull my hat over my face and whimper
6-eat twizzlers
7-try to notice and point out the pretty stuff (flowers, mountains, clouds etc)
I'm eating better lately so I have given up #6 but Frank mentioned this last weekend that I do better when I have some twizzlers so that one must have worked somewhat. They guys enjoy mocking me and my inadvertent noises, so at least I am entertaining.
Here are some pretty flowers I saw on our hikes. I love desert flowers!
The following little orange ones were my favorite but they were always in big bunches right on the side of the road, so difficult to photograph. I finally saw this little bunch and it is out of focus. Gah!
We did some pretty serious hiking on both weekends. Carter came with us on on Memorial weekend and we hiked the Fiery Furnace in Arches National Park. That hike was a bucket list item for me and I loved it! It requires a permit to do it so advanced planning is necessary (not our strong suit). Luckily we thought to get a permit the week before, since we were there. It worked out great.
Here are some of the pictures of that hike:
Love the various arches and windows! Arches really is one of my favorite places.
Beautiful!
This is called "Surprise Arch" and it is awesome.
That's all for now!
This weekend, I am staying home and I can't wait!
You are such adventurers! Looks amazing!
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