Ken at slick rock

Our friend Ken McGinnis met us at the cabin and we rode dirt bikes for a couple of days. Slick rock is always a nice warm up ride, so the afternoon he and friend Bryan Miley showed up we spent the evening hours on slick rock. Here Ken is at the Moab over look vista point. Ken is a great rider and he is up to try almost any trail. This sense of fearlessness came in handy when we did porcupine a day later.

cabin at sunset

With evening clouds over canyon lands and arches national park, each sunset
was spectacular. This particular evening as we returned from the castle valley
overlook, the sun was right behind the cabin and the sky looked like it was on
fire. Due to the late snows this past Winter, the wildflowers are abundant. The
half mile lane into the cabin was lined with different colored flowers. Susie
counted over 20 varieties on the path. Blue, red, yellow, violet, white, pink,
etc. and their ability to not only hang onto life with such little water ,
but to bloom big and beautiful is really amazing. Sunups and Sunsets are
unrivaled at the cabin. Each is distinct yet all are beyond
description. They seem to last a little longer up on the mesa as
the view is above the valley floor.

Alley & Katelyn at overlook

Two of the nicest most active girls you will ever meet. Alley and Katelyn are always up for adventure and this past was no exception. Both left the parking lot much later than me on the way to delicate arch and both beat me up to it. Katelyn ran past me on the trail and I believe ran the whole way up. By the time I got there she was ready to come back down. Alley has run it before. Here they are at the overlook enjoying the sunset before we head back to the cabin for dinner. As I recall we had salad, Bratwursts, root beer milk shakes and some of Susie's cinnamon rolls.

Susie & the last of 6 kids

Torrin and his mom Susie at the overlook. Each evening we try to get over to this spot in order to watch Nature put on a show with a sunset over the mountains, valley, monumants and it never disappoints. We have never had a guest, friend or visitor go to the overlook and be disappointed. We consider it one of God's greatest gifts to us all. A scene straight from Heaven.

speak no evil hear none see none

Katy Susie and Alley on top of the Castle Valley overlook Rock imitating the famous monkeys. These three girls along with Brady Bruce hiked a lot of miles on this trip. Nearly every morning they were up at sunup and on the trails.

Newly weds

katelyn and Dane Lundberg entertained us all with their different takes on life. Having just married a couple months ago they still find some areas of difference. katy likes to hike a lot, Dane not so much, katy doesn't like floating the river with dead beavers that attack her, Dane thinks it quite funny. One thing they always agree on is the consistent beauty of the castle valley overlook. This was after a storm passed through and left some beautiful clean looking points along the ridges.

Hells Revenge

This past week we had a sort of mini family reunion at the cabin. Dane & Katelyn invited friends Brady, Dave & Rachel Forte, Alexandra invited her friend Jordan, Trace Wilkenson, along with Torrin, my friends Ken McGinnis and Bryan Miley, Susie and me. We had a great week. We road the ranger, hiked, floated the river, dirt biked and watched movies at night.

Finns N Things on Polaris Ranger

The days were warm and the nights were cool. With some sunscreen and a Polaris 4 x 4 we did Finns N Things trail near slick rock and the cabin. The ranger was able to do this with no problem and was much more agile that when
we take the Tacoma. Here Susie poses with her kids Dane, Torrin, Alley, Katy and Friend Brady. We followed in the Tacoma and met at this spot in the trail. With lots of "S" curves we would see them coming down one portion while we were going up the other. This was a lot of fun and everyone that visits the cabin should experience this trial.