Weekend “Wanderful”
We are 15
days into the New Year and I have already had four amazing outdoor adventures- I am loving it. Living in southwest Utah provides
“bucketfuls” of opportunity. I am a CC
town native- this year I turn the big 44.
Rigby and I love living in this little town which now has a very big
light on the hill.
In just near
an hour’s time, we can be to Zion, Bryce, Snow Canyon, Cedar Breaks, Brian
Head, or St. George. We celebrated the
New Year with a 4 wheeler expedition near the Glitter Mine south of St. George I loved it. The Indian drawings were
spectacular and Maleck got to dig for crystals- it was perfect. I loved the fresh air blowing in my face and
the blue sky hanging over head- so blessed to live here in the southwest.
Then just
six days later, we celebrated Rigby’s birthday with our first ever mountain biking
experience (both he and I got new bikes for his birthday-he is the sweetest
ever). We are hooked! We found a great website with mountain bike
trails and picked one. The terrain differed
in its difficulty. I admit, we got off our
bikes a time or two to traverse tough terrain.
But we made up for our timid stops on this 9 mile loop with lots of
whooping and hollering on the slick rocks and taking the “tunnel” under I-15. It was completely dark. I am not sure I would have dared had it not
been for the courage of Emma and Maleck.
On Saturday
Rigby and I stayed local and took the “off road” trail until we hopped on the
trail near Vetrans Park and then biked up to the mouth of the canyon. The first part was pretty tough but the rest
was a breeze.
We spent MLK
as a family taking the bike trail Cactus Hugger. The first part seemed all up hill and rather
boring, but about four miles into it, it was
a lot of fun. It was fun to have
the whole crew with us!
So while I
am seriously contemplating my New Year’s Resolutions for 2018, I am definitely
adding more adventure! I just want to
get out and experience the beautiful surroundings in which I live—life is to
short. I guess Thoreau said it best, “I want to live deep and suck all the
marrow in life and when It comes time to die, I don’t want to discover that I
have not lived.”
Happy New
Year from the Team Rigby at Barnwood and Tulips- #moreadventuresin2018
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