My husband and a bunch of his friends all got together with the best idea I have ever heard of. First of all they split up into two seperate teams and then inside their teams, each team bought a 300 dollar car. After Spencer and his team bought their car, they took about a week or two of fixing up on the car. It was a sweet car when they were finished. The day finally came when the two cars came together to start the trek that some of the friends put together. With the Saab and the Cavilier next to eachother, it was almost touching to see what great cars were out there for such a good price. Anyway, we started off to goblin valley near Hanksville, Ut. It took about two and a half hours to make it to our destination. We showed up to where we were supposed to and smoked the other team by an hour and a half. The time the other car got to the destination it was dark outside and we had no idea where we were going to camp. After driving for a while longer to look for a camp site, I was starting to get really tired. By the time we found a spot, everybody was hungry because all of us missed dinner. So we cooked hot dogs and sausages over the fire and in a mini grill. The food tasted absolutely divine. Breakfast was even better with Micah and Max's dutch ovening. Yummy. After breaktfast the real mess started. We took the cars off roading and took the wrong turn into a wash. This was by far one of the best moments ever and the scariest also. It took both teams eight hours to go two miles. The cars went down waterfalls, through sand, barely missing rocks and through all this, no body got hurt. The end result by taking the wrong turn was we had to abandon the cars and cram into the emergency vehicles to get home. Everybody there suffered from heat exhaustion and Fritch cut his lip wide open so it looked like he had a clef palate. Lots of prayers were said and the Lord made it possible for us to return home from the place of no return. It was a wonderful experience and it will be great to tell the posterity. Too bad I don't have any pictures to show this incredible experience
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NO PICTURES??!! Maybe we can grab some from the satellite in the sky, you think? This is one of those stories that you would remember even if you had Alzheimers! Best of all, it is not just a story but a series of major events. How often can you have yummy outdoor cookin and fall down waterfalls in a car in a span of what... a few several long scary hours?! Gotta love it. And thank you God for bringing my children and their friends that I so love, back home. God is good and I love having them around ;) I love Micah's version of this same story he shared with Tom and I when we slept at his house. He even had maps on the tv for a great presentation! ahaha
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