Monthly Archives: September 2007

Wilson Arch

Posted on September 15, 2007 by Scott| Leave a comment

Just south of Moab, Utah, you pass a big arch up on a hill off the side of the road. The arch is called Wilson Arch, I’m not sure why. We saw the arch when we were headed north to Salt Lake at the beginning of our trip. On our way home, Jeana suggested we stop as we passed by. Audrey said she needed to go to the bathroom, so Jeana tried to get her to go off in the bushes. The attempt failed, and there was wailing and gnashing of teeth. I pressed on ahead with Kate and wondered if the couple coming down from the arch could see the wrestle between Jeana and Audrey. They didn’t say anything as they passed by us on their way down so I’ll just keep telling myself they didn’t see it.

Kate and dadda in the Wilson ArchJeana and me in the arch, taken by Audrey

Audrey and Kate sitting in Wilson ArchJeana and the girls in Wilson Arch

The view from up in the arch was awesome in all directions. People have even begun building homes near the base of the hill upon which the arch is located.

Silhouette in Wilson ArchAudrey sitting in Wilson ArchAudrey at the bottom of Wilson Arch

Hiking up to the arch was well worth the simple effort. If you are passing by, stop and hike up!

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The Malys

Posted on September 15, 2007 by Scott| Leave a comment

Next year, I think we should plan for three weeks of vacation so that we have a full week to play with old friends. Jeana did get to meet up with a friend and I got to visit my school, but that what barely scratching the surface of all our friends. Sure, you’re all thinking, “Scott has more than one friend?” It’s true. But not many more friends than just 1.

We spent an evening with Nick and Ashley. Nick introduced me to Guitar Hero on the x-box and I realized that I enjoy playing a real six-string guitar much more than a video game controller. I also am very anxious to see another friend, Blair, rip it up on Guitar Hero because he bragged about it in the past.

Nick introducing Kate to their new dog SpencerHanging around at the Maly house

We went for a walk to a park just down the road from Nick and Ashley and I found out that another friend, McKay, lives right by their park! I was bummed that he didn’t answer his door.

When are you guys just going to move by us in Texas!

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Bye Bye Grandma and Grandpa

Posted on September 15, 2007 by Scott| 1 Comment

Saying good-bye to family is difficult when you live far away. The only family members I have seen in the last year were Jeana’s parents and one brother. Because of funerals in Jeana’s extended family she was able to see most of her side of the family. We loved this trip because we got to see so many of our siblings, and both of our parents.

Kate and Audrey on grandma and grandpa Baldwin’s front stepsThe girls with grandma and grandpa BaldwinOur family at grandma and grandpa Baldwin’s house

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Farm Country

Posted on September 15, 2007 by Scott| 2 Comments

Farm country at Thanksgiving Point is one of our favorite attractions. The girls enjoy seeing the different animals and always look forward to riding the ponies. We walked into a small, little, opened shed to see the bunnies. They didn’t smell good at all, so I said to Kate, “Stinky bunnies!” Kate, trying to put words together in new phrases repeated, “tinkin bunnin!” over and over again. Grandma Baldwin came along with us. We were glad that her leg was going well enough to walk around so much. Amy and Abby met us too. It was fun having a girl cousin to play with.

Stinky bunniesThe girls at the dance hall at farm countryWalking with grandma at farm country

I think it’s hard for the girls to pace themselves because the pony rides are just so tempting. Nevertheless, they did wait. Audrey got to ride the biggest pony there this time

Kate on a pony at farm countryAbby on a pony at farm countryAudrey on a pony at farm country

Amy and Abby bought tickets for a wagon ride. This was new territory for us, we had never ventured beyond the animals and pony rides. The wagon was pulled by two huge horses and we went on a ride by the massive corn field that will be used for halloween corn mazes. Using the field for a maze seems like a huge waste to me, but the driver told us that the corn isn’t corn you would eat, and that more revenue comes from using it as a maze than selling the corn as produce.

Audrey and Abby on the wagon ride at farm countryKate and dadda on the wagon ride at farm countryAudrey milking the pretend cow at farm country

There’s a life-size milk cow in the main building and Audrey was able to milk some water out of the pretend udder. What a fun day at farm country!

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States We Visited

Posted on September 9, 2007 by Scott| 3 Comments

Audrey has been really interested in US geography lately, which made the drive fun for us when we would drive into different states. We got to be in 7 states on our trip: Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming. We don’t have a picture of Arizona because we only stood in the corner of Arizona at Four Corners.

Idaho state lineWyoming state lineUtah state line

Colorado state lineNew Mexico state lineTexas state line

Okay, so we were stupid at the New Mexico state line. The first time we went into New Mexico (on the way to Utah) we didn’t see the “Welcome to New Mexico” sign and that left a bitter taste in my mouth, because I was positive New Mexico did not put up a sign. Well, my opinion was encouraged because it seemed that New Mexico has no signs up anywhere. Sorry Suzanne, I just didn’t have the best taste of New Mexico at first. Anyway, back to the state line sign. We were cruising down the road and I barely caught a glimpse of the sign and we pulled over quickly. The sign wasn’t all that big, and it was peppered with bullet holes. The sign didn’t improve my opinion of New Mexico (just kidding – at this point I was happy with New Mexico because of Carlsbad Caverns – blog post to come…). After we snapped the photo and drove off we saw the “real” sign welcoming us into the state. That sign was much larger are more welcoming.

Noone is in the sign at the Texas state line because we had been waiting for Audrey to fall asleep for so long, and after she finally fell asleep there was no chance we were going to open a car door. Jeana pulled the Jeep off the road and snapped the picture through the windshield.

I was surprised at how much I felt at home once we were back in Texas (and we were still hours from home). We had such a fun trip, but it is always nice to be back home.

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