Glory, glory, halleluja!

I haven't had 12 days in a row off in over 4 years. Let me just tell you, it was UH-MAY-ZEEEENGGGG!!! I was pretty nervous about our adventure to Moab, but it was everything I could've asked for in a vacation. Plenty of fun, relaxation, adventure, breathtaking scenery, laughs, shopping and good food. Now for your viewing pleasure, a few shots from our trip. Be awed and amazed forever and ever. Amen.

Here I am all prepped for my first day's ride in 2 shirts, a sweatshirt, jacket, and a chest protector. It's cold in the mountains!

Here are hubby and I trying to get me up a rather steep hill without flipping end for end. I did it. I was scared to death, but I did it. Yay me!

P.S. I promise this was a HUGE hill. Cameras really flatten out things.

Now THIS shows you how steep that was.

Right?!? Because in this picture, I'm on flat ground

again. Finally!

All that hard work climbing the big hills was for this view. Totally, 100%, asbsolutely, no doubt about it worth it. Don't you think?

Welcome to Chicken Corners, Utah. Well, that's what they tell me it's called anyway. It's one of the most beautiful places I've ever frozen my butt off getting to.

Who knew it could snow 4 inches and be 60 degrees and sunny all in the same 5 hour span??

What do you do

if your last family gathering didn't go so hot? Schedule a vacation for the next upcoming holiday! Ha ha. Just kidding. Sort of.

My man's boss gave us an early Christmas present--a vacation to Moab, Utah, scheduled for the week of Thanksgiving. Hey, okay! We won't have to bear witness to the next installment of family drama. Sweet!

Well, as it turns out, Dave's boss doesn't do "vacations" per se. They do adventures. I'm a tad nervous about this trip. We're taking 2 trucklaods of gear and 7 four-wheelers and driving halfway across the country to Utah where we'll ride treacherous mountain trails for 11 days. The upside for this pinkneck is that we'll be getting our beauty sleep in luxurious southwestern condos. Scheweeet! Somewhere in there we're going rock-crawling in Hummers.

Did I mention I'm a tad nervous?