Moab for Memorial Day

I went down to Moab this last weekend with a group of 20 people and had a fantastic adventure! Not arriving to camp until late Friday night, I didn't do much more than set up camp (actually, I just held the flashlight) and meet a few people. Saturday morning I woke up and went for my long run. Because we camped along the route of the Moab Half Marathon that I've run several times, I got to relive my glorious race.

Tim caught up to me four miles in on his bike and snapped some pictures:

Isn't it beautiful?

I know my hat is screaming "NERD ALERT!" but I have to run with a it... it's just one of those things.

This movie may likely make you very motion sick... Tim did his best.

I finished my run around eight and breakfast was waiting for me (thanks to the amazing event planner, Steve Read!) The first priority of the day was to take out our bikes and hit up the red rocks. (I don't remember the name of the trail we took.) This was the first time I went biking in Moab and I LOVED IT!!!

Here are some random shots of us playing on the rocks. (It took me a few hours to warm up to the point I would try to jump up rocks and off of them... once I did, I was dangerous.)

Sunday I played it totally Molly and went to all three meetings of church and hung out at the camp while everyone went hiking in Arches. =( I figure I'm already on thin ice and I can't afford those kind of shenanigans. I felt kind of awkward though when everyone got back in the evening and asked me what I did all day and why...

Moving on to Monday, we went to Arches and hiked around. This is me narrowly avoiding death (Can you believe I fell 50 feet and was able to catch myself?!):

And that covers my Memorial Day weekend adventures. Memorial Day was recognized by singing "My Country 'tis of Thee" in a round while walking the Arches trails and also my singing other anthems of patriotism. God Bless America!