Car Show Weekend

Just when you thought a car had no life left in it, the motorist of the Moab Car Show come in to town. Not only do they look great they sound grrreat. Verle and I went down to the park before the crowds got there and saw some fabulous vehicles, and not so fabulous vehicles. Car show is supposed to be filled with wonderful restored cars and not cars that were made within the past 10 years. I know Corvettes are expensive, but they still have modern day commercials.


I experienced my first "Cruise Night" in Moab with Verle. Let's say it was like Spring Break in St. George 15 years ago, but with cooler cars and legal drunks. I have never seen most of the town out to enjoy a cruise up and down Main Street before. They even have cops from other cities come help to control the crowds. Verle and I did enjoy a couple of cruises up and down Main. We also enjoyed watching the people go up and down themselves.


In between the Car Show and Cruise Night, Verle and I went down to Mineral Bottom to find a couple of things. The first thing we were on the hunt for is the "D. Julen" inscription off of the Green River. The next was a "grainery" Verle saw a picture of from his Uncle Kent. Let's just say we were successful on our hunt.

Despite of Jeep Safari

Despite of Jeep Safari we did make it out to the desert to hike around with Kelly. We went up to Dead Horse Point area to walk the dogs and to get some fresh air. It seems to always rain during Easter Break, but we were able to get out between the storms.

We were also invited out to our friend Ghia and Kirk's dug out in Castle Valley for a braut roast, good conversation, and amazing views. Needless to say Verle wants to move out to Castle Valley or some place with a Grand View.

The First Mow!

Verle just could not wait to mow the lawn. On Friday we went to the hardware store and bought our first lawn mower. We had a lawnmower, but it was a hand me down from his mom and Verle wanted to start out fresh. We still have to keep our fence up because the grass is not thick enough for the dogs to run around on.

Dad and Steve ride in Moab

The last couple of days Dad and Steve came over to Moab to go 4-wheel'n. Sadly they left this morning to return to the western part of the state. I was able to capture some photos of them riding when Verle wasn't driving to crazy.

On Friday they rode "Hell's Revenge" and "Fins n' Things". Verle was training me to drive up and down some of the "Fins". So I was able to get some steering wheel time.

On Saturday we took an all day adventure out to "Chicken Corners". Verle stopped and showed us where his Great Grandpa Johnson dead while on horse back looking after cattle. His horse tripped when his leg went into a prairie dog hole and the horse fell on top of him

Green Fuzz!

We have green fuzz (aka grass) coming up in both the front and back yard! About a month ago Verle and Shawn fixed the sprinkling system in the backyard and planted grass. Since Verle was in to getting wet adjusting sprinklers he decided to put some in the front yard. And a week later we planted grass.

Verle has also finished our walk way in the front yard, so that the mail lady can get to our mailbox easier. So next time you see Verle give him an "atta boy". He knows how to make the wife happy with green grass and a walk way.

Moon House Ruin

It has been a while since the last post. Jay and Karen from North Dakota came for a visit two or so weeks ago. We decided to take them to Moon House Ruin for the day. It takes a little more than 2 hours to drive to and an hour or so hike. It is one of my favorite places to hike to. It is a must see before it get destroyed, for it has been published in a guide book with GPS coordinates. People who don't respect tend to destroy. Come see this beautiful place and enjoy an incredible hike.

Bite the bullet

Verle told me the other day that we just needed to bite the bullet and buy some wood flooring. Verle has been researching and bringing home samples for a month on wood flooring. Last Friday we traveled to Grand Junction and bought some. At first we were going to go with Bamboo because it is environmentally friendly and it looks cool. A passer buyer at Lowes said that the bamboo would swell up when the humidity would change. Then the flooring guy at Lowes said the same thing. So we had to rethink our choose. Luckily that had the Oak floor out on display. It was not to light, or to dark, or to busy, or to calm. They had the right amount of boxes so that is what we went for.

It took us all day Saturday to remove the carpet and install the flooring in our bedroom. I used a chop saw to cut the planks and laid out the flooring while Verle used the staple gun to staple.