Beach Day

It was a rare warm summer day here on the coast so we hit up Montera beach while the weather was good. 

Typical Kira.  After a short surfing lesson, this is how she spent the rest of the day. 

Finished

It only took me 4 trips to Home Depot, 2 deliveries from Home Depot, and one trip to the ER for drilling into my finger, but it is finished.  Better then any job some lame contractor would have done after charging me an arm and a leg.

Arches National Park, Moab Utah

"Do not jump in your automobile next June and rush out to the Canyon country hoping to see some sort of that which I have attempted to evoke in these pages.  In the first place you can't see anything from your car; you've got to get out of the goddamned contraption and walk, better yet crawl, on hands and knees, over the sandstone and through the thornbush and cactus.  When traces of blood begin to mark your trail you'll see something, maybe. Probably not."  Edward Abby -Desert Solitare

This is was not our experience at Arches.  In fact, with Sean, we saw a lot from our car, and no one had to bleed or even get close to death.  It was breathtaking and majestic, I would do it again tomorrow even in 98 degrees of heat. 

Balancing Rock 

Andrew, the trooper.  He and Tom explored every inch of this park we could fit in the time we were there.  

My park "buddy." 

Double Arch, my favorite.  This picture doesn't really show you how large and amazing this was. 

Delicate Arch.  The most popular one and most serene.  

Broken Arch 

Andrew, Sean and I in the North Window.

Bridal Veil Falls, Utah

Before hitting up the caves, we spent some time at Bridal Veil Falls in Provo Canyon.  

 One of the best parts of our trip to Utah was spending so much time with Mariah.  She has been living with my friend Meggan, whom we were visiting, and it was fun to have her around.  Sean is still asking about Mariah and when we will see her again. 

This is a good photo because it is evidence that Andrew is taller then Mariah. 

Timpanogos Cave

Another fun adventure for our family in Utah.  As you can tell from the photo below Mariah and Kira were thrilled that Tom just made them hike up a mile and 1/2 that climbed 1,092 feet up.  It was a hot day to be doing switch backs up a mountain, but the inside of the cave was cool... and scary. 

The Heart inside the cave.  Very cool, but I am still on the fence if it was worth the hike.