I decided that we would drive to Utah though Colorado one year. When I noticed how close the freeway went to Moab, I couldn't resist an overnight stay so that we could go to Arches.
After we had seen the easy to see stuff at Arches, I asked the kids what they wanted to do and they decided that they wanted to hike to Delicate Arch even though it was the middle of the day and really warm. Jason had a backpack and he put a bunch of water bottles in it. But as soon as we started out he and Josh were way ahead of me and the triplets. It was hot and the triplets were a little whiney and it was a lot of work getting them all the way to Delicate Arch. There was definitely some resting in the shade on the way there.
From time to time Jason would look back and I would wave my arms to signal to him that we needed more water, and then he would set a water bottle beside the trail. When we would get to it we would drink it down because we were so hot!
Then on the way back Rachel decided that she was having such a great time and she went faster than Jared and Jenna and got ahead of us. I wasn't worried about it because Josh and Jared were way up in front of us. I figured that she was safe between them and me.
So there she was, this cute little blonde haired girl hiking on the trail "all by herself." She said that people kept asking her if she was ok or if she was lost, and she told them that no, she was with her brothers and her mother!
