Fruita, CO & Moab, UT

We had a fantastic anniversary!

Wednesday night we went to The Melting Pot

for some kick butt fondue.

For $45 (and you have to go after 9pm)

we got: salads, bottle of wine, cheese, & chocolate fondue!

then we left for fruita, co friday morning.

we got there about 12 and went ahead and mountain biked!

we first did Rustler's Loop & then that wasn't enough for us,

so we did Horsethief Bench

total: 6.75 miles

oh don't worry, i fell like 5 minutes in...

i just couldn't get unclipped on my right & just fell over onto

all those stupid rocks. it hurt, but i was fine. but NOW my bruises are al gnarly looking. :)

the colorado river

view from trail

after rustlers loop

then we made sandwiches and rode more

on horsethief

me on some slickrock

PRETENDING to go down 3 foot drop off

cameron GOING down 3 foot drop off

wheelie drop 3 feet

loopty loo

collard lizard

we saw soooo many lizards, i love lizards

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so by the end of this trail, we were pooped.

i felt like i tried a lot of new things, and even suprised myself.

(well i suprised cameron too by what i could do too)

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so we went and got snow cones in town, and then headed to our campsite.

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i thought the site looked so cool online, but don't worry,

it was right off the highway

and we could see McDonalds from the site.

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someone was actually in our spot that we had reserved, but it turned out for the best, b/c they moved us a little farther from the highway with a view of the colorado river.

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we were so tired and hot we just layed in the tent and ate chips and salsa and drank beer until the sun was further down. cameron was such a great hubby and put the tent up while i sat in the shade :) so nice so nice.

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but as you see below, this was our "grill"

hmmmm?

we don't really know what was going on, but we did have a fire.
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we made burgers and then played phase 10 (i kicked cameron's butt)

and we went to bed, we were so tired.

battle wounds at the end of the day (i fell on this leg again at the end of the trail)

doesn't look so bad, but it HURTS.

classic mom & david pose
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the next morning we ate breakfast and headed for more Fruita mtb.

today we decided to try Joe's Ridge & Kessel's Run

total 5.5 miles

this is JOE'S RIDGE

very steep on the sides and there was a rut in the middle of the trail

using our Joby Pod to take our pics

another part of joe's ridge

i walked, it was sooooo steep and scary

see, me walking.

cameron jumping over these rocks

(it's way cooler in real life)
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then we changed, got snow cones,

and headed for Moab, UT

"say UTAH"

me trying to show the awesome background with my face in the pic...

obviously it didnt work.

just some scenery along the "scenic byway" rt 128
colorado river to right

then we stopped at the winery on the way

we did a wine tasting and got a couple bottles.

it wasnt as cool as i thought,

but again we were driving, so we couldnt have tasted too many wines.

yummmm wine tasting

our self guided tour was a joke.

she told us to walk into the basement, and it was just this window that showed the big metal vats. there was one sign on the wall that talked about the winery. but it was so lame-o. but doesnt cameron look like some kind of serial killer in this pic?

*wine vats in background
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then we made it to Moab, UT.

we stopped a bike/coffee shop to fuel our low energy.

then headed to the Sunflower Inn

HIGHLY reccomended!!!

huge bath tub

little snacks throughout the inn

awesome breakfast

free movie rental downstairs (we got the princess bride)

lots of games to play, we played boggle :)

free laundry (we had stinky mtb clothes)

and snacks to buy (klondike bars & popcorn for movie)

close walking to food

we walked to dinner at Miguels Mexican Cafe

for fajitas, beer, & margs.

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then the nect morning we headed to mountain bike

dun dun dun

SLICKROCK

total miles: 13

grunt factor: 10 tough roller coaster ride

techno factor: 10 very difficult, v steep ups and downs

fear factor: 10 very scary in spots

awesome. and cameron wanted to do this?

i love him right?

i can always walk right?

no big deal.

lowering tire pressure so we can grip the rock better.

yipes.

some weenie thing i went down.

doesnt even look cool in the picture.

(as with most pictures we took, it was so much cooler in real life)

(so bare with us with all the photos)

cam's wheelie drop

some crazy balls climb.

see how his butt isnt even near the seat.

i had to walk this one. as with a lot of them.

he climbed all of these. he's crazy.

i mean this was so freaking steep i could hardly walk up it.

a different one than above. but yes, i am walking, and yes cameron climbed it.

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my feet started to hurt from walking

and we weren't even 1/2 way done.

cameron was having a blast though.

and he was helping me with my bike in tough spots.

cool pic

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the scenery looked like Mars

so we acted like we were on mars.

like aliens.

mars

soooooo tired. still had several miles.

steep steep

oh yeah suckers, advanced riding skills meet LIZ.

and we did it!!!!!
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we made it back to town, had some great food, called our dads (fathers day)

then headed to our cabin.

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cabin below.

amazing.

our view from porch.
(super secluded)

cabin

hummingbird
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they were buzzing around cameron while he was reading on the porch

and then i went out there and they were still doing it.

they sound like a little machine :)

sooooo cute!!!!

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we were so tired.

we watched the satelite tv (sad i know)

and played cards

and made burgers on the grill

and went to bed.

bye cabin.
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now we're off to Arches National Park

"wow that thing is gonna fall on your head"

i'm soooo small

here we are by this rock

some more rocks

balancing rock

(for real, that's what it's called)

finally an arch

*the coolest ones you had to hike to, and by the end of the map

we had driven like 18 miles to see all these rocks and hiked several miles, we just couldnt go any further. so we skipped out on the famous famous ones, and took pics of these. ps it was like 90*+

cameron being weird.

after a 1 mile hike that showed us the same thing that we saw from where we were in the first place. bummer. it was a climb too.

i kept telling cameron to "get in that cave over there" and he kept saying no, until now :) and for some reason it was sooooo funny.

"fiery furnace"

my head in the arch

(i think i was delusional by this point)

cameron do something funny

so he did this

but we brushed it away dont worry

cameron act dead

it will be so funny

so he did

liz acting dead

archy archerson

that rock is gonna fall i just know it.

driver

passenger (and scary driver)

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on our way home sweet home

cameron devised this drinking system..

just his camelback behind him

so he could take a sip whenever :)

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the end

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it was a wonderful trip.

and if i left anything out, sorry.

it was good times.

fairwell sus & chris

sus & chris board a plane in less than an hour for Swaziland Africa.

I talked to her on the phone for a bit, and it ma be the last time I get to talk to her

for several months. We will of course be able to write regular snail mail letters. But I will miss her voice. I will miss her face. And I will miss having my sister.

May the Lord bless them and keep them and help them do great things.

in about 17 hours they will be in Africa. Weird.

Updates to follow.

home safe

we're home from moab. safe and sound. got laundry going, watering the lawn, and food is in the fridge. pictures to come. no one is seriously injured (i just fell a few times ;)). schnooze had fun with her doberman friend Shiner.

you know you need to clean when....

yes folks that is a mushroom. you ask where is this mushroom? oh well...click here
it's below the window sill in the bathroom.
freaking gross out.

my present from cam

cam wanted to suprise me,

but got scared

so after he called the guy from craigs list

he showed me the bike online

so we met the guy and i got to test drive it

it's freaking awesome!

exactly perfectly what i wanted

we think it's from the 70's

perfect condition

hip rack in the back

*for my books or groceries

sweet sassy

3 Year Anniv.

1st date

March 9, 2005

Engagement

June 9, 2005

*pics taken in Oct '05 though

Wedding Day

June 17, 2006

1st Anniversary

camping in CO

*the mom and david pose





booth falls


2nd Anniversary


camping/hiking in CO

*classic mom and david pose

at strawberry springs in steamboat, co

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3rd anniversary

Moab, UT

mountain biking/camping/bed & breakfasting

momma & daddy froese

Elijah Froese was born today
i dont know what time (around noonish)
but he was healthy
5lb 12oz
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congrats to momma & daddy froese
everyone is doing well
they should get to gome home soon!!
and now laura can walk around and be off dang bedrest!!!
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pics to follow!!!

sidewalk chalk fair

saturday we went to the sidewalk chalk fair in downtown denver.

bethany, stephen, me, cameron, shellie, & kimel

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shellie, bethany, and i had ridden 22 miles that morning on the rode bikes

we did trails leading to REI then back down the platte river.

we decided to stop downtown at the sidewalk chalk thing,

and it was so cool, we wanted to come back with the boys,

and when the pics could be completed further.

they had 3d glasses to wear :)

candyland :)

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some of them were so amazing, like actual pictures on the ground, no sign of chalk, but of course i didnt take any pics of those. we had a great time. then we all ate burritos at Illegal Petes, and it was yummy. we sat outside for several hours, then rode the lightrail home. good times.

stools & tools

garage sale

$17 for the 4 stool + 5 books

the stools are from target and the lady said

they were $60 each when she bought them.

schnooze likes them.

i'm not sure where we'll put them yet, but for now, they are strewn about the house in random places. I just couldn't pass up that deal!

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on a side note, this dog is driving me crazy.

we came home from running an errand, and he chewed up something shown below.

so we rode our bikes to get a bone down the street, and came back and he had torn up the next item below. i want to yell at him, but he's so cute.

bne we got him, already being burried.

what is this you ask?

ohhhhh part of cameron's robe....

nice. go for the gold. pottery barn shower curtain. from wedding.

thanks you freaking mutt.

but if you thought, well maybe it wasnt him...

look at these paw prints.

he even got IN the bathtub.

i didn't take a pic earlier, but he chewed through the portable kennel we have for schnooze. so that's why we had to put him in the bathroom.

i have a new real simple magazine, and i am locking myself in the basement without tyson.

nails

got me some new polish

it's enviro friendly

and there was this awesome deal that is over with now

but you trade in our old bad enviro polish for a new bottle of theirs

for only $3/bottle

anyways, they have like 300 colors, it was so hard to choose.

but i used that pinky color yesterday and its awesome!

my 10 that i got

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also we are dog sitting for some friends that are getting married tomorrow in

san juan capistrano, CA and their baby is Tyson,

he is like 8 mo old. i think he is driving schnooze bananas.

tired babies. after playing and walks and dirtying up the house.