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This was my favorite part of Arches National Park. I loved the contrast in color between the rocks and the deep blue sky. Plus we were able to easily get lots of great shots without anyone else in the pictures. I included one ugly mug of myself to keep Lisette happy, but I included two copies of my favorite to make up for it. And am I the only one who sees E.T. hiding out in Arches?

I don’t remember what this fist section we stopped at was called, but the mountains in the background in the 3rd picture are the La Sal Mountains, our cabin was just on the other side of them. The big rock looking to fall off is of course known as Balanced Rock. And yes my truck, Boomer, will make it’s way into several collages from this adventure.

Some stunning pictures of the cabin and the stars at night. I would love to say it was my talented ability to take pictures, but in reality it was all done by my iphone 12.

A few pictures and a short video of our way down the mountain, and enjoying a couple dirty martinis to celebrate.

The guides had been watching their lightening app and started to worry about it getting close. After discussing with us all we agreed to do tandems to speed up the process so we didn’t have to call it off and walk back to the vehicles. I loved this line, it was quite long and Lisette & I could not help but laugh most of the way.

Here the challenge is to walk or run off the cliff backwards without grabbing onto the rigging for support. Lisette nailed it!

The group indulges Lisette in a round of “Happy Birthday”

Here we try to run off the cliff Superman style and try to reach down and touch the bush part way down line.

Enjoying the view on top of Moab. Normally it is burning hot and sunny up here. But that day, we were in heaven.

Some great bouncing fun on a bridge. You would think 11 people bouncing on this tiny bridge would put it over weight, but somehow we all survived.

A few pics and video of Lisette on the first zip line

Every ride must come to an end. Even ones you want to last forever. This ride was truly epic for us. Beautiful, amazing, eye opening, thrilling, and a perfect way to end a vacation day with someone you love.

Some Highlights Of Our Sunset

Here we have challenging obstacles, red rocks lit up by the setting sun, and a beautiful smiling Lisette stealing the show with a 2 second cameo in the rear view mirror. 😘❤️😘

We watch and listen to the guide a ways in front of us and we try to make sure we are following the correct path. Don’t mind the sideways camera, it’s with the adjustment 👍

Okay the obstacles are easy here, but the sky and red rocks at sunset steal the show.

We start to head back through Hell’s Revenge with the best possible sunset as a backdrop.

Here are some beautiful pictures of the path to the Colorado River.

Here we climb what feels like straight up this hill into the sun, basically blind.

We take a dash through the wash to have a little fun. I would have liked this to be about 5 times as long. If you don’t have dirt in your teeth you aren’t doing it right.

We build confidence with the guide showing the way.

Lisette & I doing our first named obstacle in Finns and Things

Lisette doing the no hands challenge, walk off a cliff backwards without your hands touching the rigging. She was perfect 👍