It was time once again for our annual Easter trip to Green River, UT. Since Easter was so early again this year we ended up going the last weekend of April/the first weekend of May in hopes it wouldn't be so cold. That was wishful thinking though. It was cold the entire time we were there, but thankfully it never rained even though was snowing up in Salt Lake the entire time we were gone. It was just us, my parent's, and Matt and Amanda this year. Of course we can't forget all the dogs. They are members of our family too. We arrived on Thursday afternoon. After getting everything set up, we let the dogs play in the new dog park the campground added this year. After dinner we all (including 4 dogs) hung out in my parent's trailer and watched Avatar. On Friday we headed out to some sand dunes about 45 minutes away from where we were camped. Travis and I had never been four wheeling in sand before. Travis loved it and I warmed up to it after a little while. I only scared myself a couple times (I only screamed once or maybe twice).
Annabelle was freezing and shivering uncontrollably, so I put inside my coat. She was pretty content in there so I took off for ride with her instead of leaving her with my mom, sister, and the other dogs. We rode like that for at least an hour until she got too cold and tucked her head inside the sleave of my coat. She definitely is a Moma's girl.
Matt got the four wheeler stuck pretty bad in the sand and Travis had to help lift it out. Shortly after, Matt rolled the fourwheeler. I tried to document the memory but Matt jumped up pretty fast and had the wheeler upright before I could dig my camera out.
I'm more of a mountain girl than a desert girl, but the view was quite pretty.
This was Travis's favorite thing to do at the dune's. (This is what Matt was doing when he rolled)
My mom and dad trying to keep warm.
Amanda and Dexter.
Travis and Trigger.
He's sure changed since the last time we were in Green River.
Travis and "Little Girl"
Our handsome "Big Boy". A few weeks ago he had to go to the vet for an ear infection. The vet said he is in perfect body condition and was the best looking lab she's seen in a while. I have to say I completely agree. Not that I am biased or anything.
Trig was thirsty so Trav shared his water with him. (I mean shared literally. After Trigger slobbered all over it Travis finished it off. Yuck)
We thought it was going to pour on us the entire time, but the clouds seemed to just circle us.
My mom and dad.After a fun day at the dunes we spent the night in the trailer cheering for the Jazz as they knocked the Denver Nuggets (or Thuggets as Travis calls them) out of the playoffs. We probably irritated our neighbors with our cheering but it was a lot of fun to watch the game together.
Trigger demonstrating some of the obstacles in the dog park.
Annabelle was the first dog to go up the ramp and she did it without any coaxing (all the other dogs had to be shown how to do it). It was so funny to turn around and see my little dog with her stubby little legs climbing up the ramp. I'm sure she was just trying to get out of the rocks though. She hates being outside.
My mom and Dexter.
After a couple of days the dogs were pretty pooped. We took them to the dog park to play and Dexter just hid under his mommy's legs.
On Saturday morning Trav, Matt, and Amanda went golfing. (I just drove the cart) Here's Travis retrieving one of the many balls he lost. He probably lost 10 balls and it was only a 9 hole course. He was pretty rusty since this was the first round of the year.
Matt and Amanda in their cart.
It sure was pretty golfing along the Green River.After golfing, we headed to the desert and went four wheeling for another couple of hours. I must have had a little too much fun because one of the tires on my bike went flat. (the picture is above. I can't seem to move it where I want it to be). That night we hung out in the trailer again and tried to have a Dexter marathon (the TV show about a serial killer, not the dog) but were pretty exhausted to we only made it through two episodes.
Here's the little cabin we stayed in. It was a little overpriced at $50 a night but I felt more secure locking my dogs in a cabin than a tent if we needed to leave them for a few hours.
It had one not so comfortable double bed and a bunk bed.
Our first trip of the year was a success and I can't wait for the next one.
