- wakeboarding: well i didnt jump the wake, yet. but i am getting a lot more comfortable with myself on a wakeboard. i can jump in for the wake and get some air, but not a lot. still an accomplishment. i attempted a powerslide. i almost did it but couldnt whip my foot out enough. i am just assuming everyone knows these terms, i dont really want to explain them. thats what google is for.
- tubing. wow. k so i was on a tube, my dad hits a wake, shoots me 8 feet in the air at like 30+ mph. as i was in the air i looked down and saw the water and thought, "um, i am not in my tube, nor the water. what?" then the water hit with a vengance. it hurt but man it was so fun. my brother bud got the wind knocked out of him, and i got a bruise on my eye, but other than that we were all safe. thank goodness.
- jetskiing is one of my favorite things to do. i just like to go fast with no restrictions, til tears run down my face uncontrolably. not that i was crying, but when there is wind in your eyes going at like 55 mph, your eyes just automatically tear up.
- hiking. OKAY so we went on three hikes. all of which i have done before but they are nonetheless very fun. first hike: peek-a-boo arch. the end of this hike results in finding a natural arch that is about 500+ feet above the lake on the edge of the wall surrounding the lake. its really scary. it gives me vertigo just looking down when i am up there. so cool hike, but always makes me poop in my pants. second hike: this was by far my most favorite hike. so we went to a place called hole-in-the-rock. this is a man mad passage by the pioneers. they blew through the canyon with explosives and took their carts, baggage, children, etc down a narrow steep passage to settle somewhere in southern utah. this resulted in history and a cool hike. you can see in some places where they hammered stakes in the wall to help with the wagons. anywho. so its reletivly straight up and you have to climb over rocks. i was wearing sandals because i was. haha. and i hate shoes. so the whole time on the way to this place we saw a storm coming. little did we know it was a crazy storm! about half the way up the rain hits. it was the coolest feeling in the world. one second, completely dry, then bam soaked. it was anything but drizzle. also, since the pioneers just exploded a hole in the rock, hence the name, the sides of the trail are striaght up walls that extend like 300 feet-ish. so the rain just pelts off of those walls and was hitting us. now i did not realize the extent of the situation. i just though how cool it was. only after, when people told me, did i realize i was caught in a flash flood. so i was with jona hiking up slowly, and brandon, matt, and taylor (yes i am aware no one knows the latter two) were up above us. they stopped when the rain started and hit under a rock. we were below them. they warned us about falling rocks and we saw a couple of huge boulders fall right next to us. well i didnt like just standing there so i said, well jona, im going to hike up. you coming? so i took off my sandals, there were no use now, and so we got to the top. seriously i cannot describe how cool it was. we had to hike up newly formed waterfalls, pick rocks that would not slip and fall on us. it was breathtakingly beautiful. well after the storm died down, brandon and company, who had stayed under that rock and not seen us pass them, went down to look for me. they came across my sandals and panicked a little bit. they thought something terrible happened to me. while i was up top admiring the beautiful view of the passing storm. they then decided so climb up toward the top. i saw them and yelled down to them. then all was well. i do not regret continuing climbing in the storm. it was the stupidest, but most amazing moment of my life and i would not take it back for the world. the third hike was less exciting. basically you go through slot canyons what still have water in them. but you do not know how deep so you kind of just have to walk in and go for it. me, jona, brandon and company made it to the second slot. but it only ends with a slot pool that smelled like poop and a waterfall that you cannot get up without a rope. still a fun hike. i always like that one.
- on the sunday we were there, we do not do things on sunday because its the sabbath and we are mormon, there was a crazy cool storm that passed our houseboat. ear shattering thunder and blinding lightening. then the rain pelted us. i was the last one standing in the rain. it was really fun to just sit there and get drenched.
those we the highlights of LP 2011. but overall a great week. i also got tan. so BAM. oh and my hair reverted to its natural blond state. THANK GOODNESS.
til next we meet. xoxo k speshul
p.s. i am the queen at blokus. google it.
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