First of all I would like to dedicate this post to all the good folks at the Bee Lab (and those affiliated with people at the lab) who helped purchase the Chariot; one of the finest pieces of child mobility equipment known to man. This weekend the Chariot left it's usual post as grocery getter/errand runner/living room decorative piece and took on a whole new set of terrain. It did awesome! I was so grateful the entire weekend for friends who knew us well enough to know how much we would use and appreciate this gift. I never gave out formal thank-yous because I'm not entirely sure who all to thank, but you know who you are...and whoever you all are we thank you daily! Now on with the post.
Joe and I were headed to Flagstaff for the week (Joe is attending the Biennial Conf. on the Colorado Plateau) so we thought "why not fit in a Moab trip". Ben, Beth and Ryan (Joe's siblings and sibling-in-law) were all too willing to join us. We got in late Friday night and rode Klondike Bluffs Saturday morning with the Chariot then took turns at slick rock later that afternoon. I was so impressed with the Chariot, she handled beautify and was equally impressed with Joe as he hauled that thing over rocks, up slick rock mountains, through sand pits and washed out roads. Beth, Ryan and Ben made excellent biking compadres ...unfortunately they were a little too speedy for me to snap too many photos of them in there element...hence the usual abundance of Ari and Joe photos. Ben did however manage to make it into my favorite photo of the weekend. He's in the first photo standing in the mouth of his tent trying to keep his feet warm. I know, it's deceiving because he's wearing Joe's hat and Jacket but trust me, it's Ben. In fact Mr.BENvenidos ended up driving home with that jacket...
3 comments:
Did K-so keep up the whole time? That whole hazy sky thing is really incredible! None of that made it out to here, strangely enough. =>
Looks like a fun trip--wish I could have been there!
Can I have a ride in the chariot?
Thanks for writing this.
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