Y Mountain and Moab

This weekend we checked a few more items off our 

Last Summer in Utah Bucket List

On Saturday we hiked Y Mountain

Sunday after church, we headed down to Moab. 

We thought a reservation had been made for Devils Garden Campground in Arches,

but 2 hours down the road we realized our site was reserved for August.....

Moab on Memorial Day weekend is slammed,

so we decided to follow the Colorado River south into Cane Creek Canyon

and found a beautiful campsite down in the gorge. 

My friend Tessa from BYUH and her cute family joined us!

Hiking Arches National Park

Did you do anything fun for Memorial Day?

Wrong Roads

"When making decisions, God expects us to pray, trust, 

and be believing and then not give up, panic, or "jump ship" 

when something doesn't seem to be going right."

This week, we had a similar experience. 

Driving home from work on Tuesday, our car broke down.
Unfortunately, Stephen had to drive his boss to the airport
so he couldn't pick me up.
It took me 3 hours to get home when it should have only taken 20 minutes.

As it turns out, we need a new transmission. 

Yay.

As terrible as the situation feels right now, 

perhaps the Lord made it possible for us to go down a bad road quickly 

in order for us to get into a better situation faster.

We have a lot of trips planned for this summer,

 and it would have been horrible to break down 

hundreds of miles away from home.

And,
because Stephen took his boss to the airport,
we now have his car to use until our repairs are done. 

It's funny how the Lord works sometimes.  

Spanish Fork Peak

We checked off another item on our Last Summer in Utah Bucket List!

Saturday we hiked Spanish Fork Peak with our friends the Hazens. 

Unfortunately there was too much snow to reach the summit, but we were able to hike quite a ways up. 

 Snack Break in avalanche territory

 Stephen's finger

 The Hazens

Heading back down. 

Do you have any fun things on your summer bucket list?

Last Summer in Utah Bucket List

Camp Diamond Fork Canyon
 Hike Fifth Water hot springs
 Camp Arches
 Visit Monticello UT Temple
 Camp Zion
 Hike the Narrows
 Camp Grand Tetons
 Hike Y Mountain
 Camp in the Uintas
 Visit Vernal UT Temple
 Camp Yosemite
 Bike Provo Canyon
 Camp Lake Powell
 Hike Spanish Fork Peak
 Hike Timpanogos
 Float Provo River
 Hike Mt. Nebo
 Visit Oquirrh Mountain Temple

Commencement of Camping

This weekend began camping season!

For our meals, we used MRE's from our 72-hour kits!  Actually quite delicious.  

It took a bit of time because of the recent rain and a lack of fire starting supplies, 

but eventually we had a sweet fire!

In the morning we hiked to the hot springs. 

Such a beautiful view. 

We topped the trip off with a visit to Stone Drug :)

Though camping was a BLAST, the best part of the weekend was talking to my family and beautiful sister on a mission!