MOAB!

This weekend was probably the most fun I've had...ever.

seriously
(there aren't many pictures of me since I'm always behind the camera, but one of the guys got some good ones this weekend, so once he gets those up, I'll post them)

Friday, after our last finals, Janessa and I took off for Spanish Fork, UT for our roommate Kristen's wedding. Saturday night, we left her reception early and drove to meet our friends in MOAB! 

Our friend McCade goes every year with a group of friends and invited us to come this year. We got there at about 11 at night and driving there in the dark was FREAKY! I can't see well in the dark, and there were a few times when I thought for sure we were in the last moments of our lives.

But we got there alright and the awesome guys had a tent all ready for us.

Sunday, we woke up to a beautiful, sunshiney Easter morning!

After breakfast we went into Arches National Park and got special permits to enter part of the park called the Fiery Furnace, which is a lot of boulders and cliffs and slot canyons and fun things to climb over/around/through.

Sidenote: the park ranger who gave us our permits was an idiot who was making up stupid rules and liked to talk to us like we were kindergartners.

"Where do we walk when we're inside the fiery furnace?"
"If an elephant came into your house and started stepping on your family, would this be good? Or bad?"

It would be pretty easy to get lost in the Fiery Furnace, so I periodically made cairns. They saved our lives. Totes.

After about four hours in the furnace, we went back to camp and hung out, played cards, and talked. Since it was Easter Sunday, it was only fitting the we dye easter eggs :)

Monday morning we got up and did some climbing at a spot called Wall Street. I had never been rock climbing before and I LOVED IT!

Seriously, I've been bit by the rock climbing bug BAD.
 

Taylor, Tycen, Ian

McCade, being legit

Brittany, doing some hardcore photographing

Wall Street

After a while, the sun was burning our little fingers off, so we decided to go swimming in GLACIER RUNOFF (or water that was equally as cold) at a spot called Potato Salad. I don't have pictures of where we swam, but this is Tater Salad. The black is rubber from the jeep safari this weekend, where people take their modified jeeps and other cars and try to not roll them as they climb up this ridiculous hill. 

Have I mentioned yet that we drank 4 dozen cans of throwback Mt. Dew? This was a very integral part of our weekend. 

After Potato Salad, some of us went back to climb Wall Street again, which we did until sundown. 

Because we are legit.
Janessa is super scared of heights and climbed, too! I was super proud of her. She's a champ :)
Just look at that face and see how excited she was ;)

McCade climbing at night

Me. Also night.
NOT being boinked.
"INNUENDO!!"

After this we went on a night hike back into Arches, up to the Delicate Arch to get some sweet night shots. I, however, am a dummy and didn't realize that I had the wrong kind of cable release, so I didn't really get any shots in. It was fun to just hang out though and look at the stars and talk with some friends.

Tuesday morning we got one more climb in back at Wall Street and then hit the road for home.
I seriously have the rock climbing bug you guys, and I'm buying my own shoes as soon as I get to Rexburg! Maybe even sooner haha :)

This was such a fun weekend, one that I won't be forgetting any time soon!
Thanks for inviting me, McCade!