Labor Day....River Run and Chuck-A-Rama
This is Boyd in the front seat next to his awesome brother in law.....Brad, my brother, and more importantly......the husband of the ever-fabulous.......Bev. ( I really really love these two...they are great side-kicks...actually we are the side-kicks, since they do the inviting and we do the tagging along.)
We left Salt lake and drove South.....stopping at a restaurant in Utah County.....the Family Tree is the name.....I didn't take any pictures, but they are famous for their scones......they are huge......about as much dough as a loaf of bread......9" x 16".....it's rather obscene......They were ok, I had a meal they call "The Stimulus" it had some meat (can't remeber what kind) and mashed potatoes, they were real...with lumps and everything. The stuffing was dense and yummy too......enough about lunch, on to the reason for the trip.
You will notice in the picture below, there is a garden gnome....
has name is "Norm" and he goes everywhere with Brad and Bev.
He has his own companion "Norma" but she is agoraphobic (I think) because she doesn't venture out on the trips B & B invite us on.
(hummmmm, maybe she isn't agoraphobic after all.....maybe it's Boyd and I she has a problem with........hummmmm must consult Bev on this possible touchy subject)
" in the State Park
Our destination was Green River.....we checked into our room."The River Terrace" (ask be about this Motel) We left there and drove to Dead Horse Point State Park. This has to be the "Crown Jewel"
in the State Park system.
I'm not sure how Boyd and have missed visiting this park. The views are breath-taking. In my opinion this Park is a "must see"
We will go back and visit again. We are so lucky to live where we do. Utah has so many fabulous places to visit.....sometimes I take the beauty in our "corner of the world" for granted. Shame on me.
Nut job....Mr. Boyd, and as Bev calls him..The Droid
This is the reason we came......river run.
The lovely Bev and I purchased matching hats.......we looked like "Super-tough-river-running-wenches"...I think.....
There was rain the night before.....so the Green River was the Muddy River
This is what you would call flat water.......good thing we didn't have to row.....we sat back and let the river guide do all the work......................
And I mean.....all the work, she rowed and prepared lunch......that is my kind of river trip. Bev and I mentioned feeling a bit guilty that she was doing everything. (Boyd and Brad not so much guilt on their part.....that's probably because most men are used to watching women work.....oh the injustice of life................)
This is the end of the river run.....................it was ....... ok........not as fun as the Split Mountain run we did in May.......................do I sound like a river-running freak......good, because the four of us are so totally fearless and awsome. We are going to do another one next year.....class 4 white water.....We are so "bitchin" when it comes to river running.........hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
We headed for St. George.....(really Washington.....my home-town) this is a stop on the way
along I-70...........................Ghost Rock................
I just put this picture in to prove that I was really on the trip.
This is Dad and his favorite hat. We stopped to deliver some birthday presents and go out to eat at his favorite place........(this is where Chuck-A-Rama comes in.)
He struggled opening his card.................he pulled out his trusty pocket knife thinking that
he would need it to get the card open............it's a good thing he has my mom to help out.
How darling are my mom and dad?.........This is what almost 60 years of marraige looks like.
This is Peggi.......Dad's favorite (daddy's girl as he calls her lately) ......the pretty, skinny one...................he informed me of that.
This is how it run down:
Dad: "Peggi is thinner that you"
and I said................Duh!!!!(like I didn't know, the scales tell me this sad fact, every time I get the courage to step on them.)
He then said, "she's prettier too"
and I had a really snappy come back to that.............Duh! (Like I didn't know that too....I do have a mirror....next to the scales and I hate them both equally)
I like to go home when I'm feeling a bit prideful or think that maybe I should be nominated for "Woman of the Year" or some other grand award, nothing brings me back to reality like Dad!!
Lately he has taken to calling me the "spoiled" daughter......
fat, ugly and spoiled, what every girl wants to be!
More presents
Dinner at Chuck-A-Rama......this is where Dad likes to go. ummmmm
Goldie and Vince are all smiles.
Golden give dad the best gift. It's in that sack, it is a "urgent" button, sort of like the "easy" button in the Staples commercials. He recorded: "Urgent, Delma, we need to leave......gunsmoke is about to start" Too funny, if you visit my dad, he's not going to let your visit get in the way of a good Gunsmoke re-run!!
This is my cute nephew Wyatt.......Hannah has a major crush on him (she's 7, and his 2nd cousin, and thinks he is the coolest guy around, when we mention him to her, she blushes and giggles as only 7 year old girls can. ) I think the older girls think he's "all that and a bag of chips" and giggle around him too.
(I took other pictures, but the light and the windows......argggg......not too good.)
Don and Sandi............
Happy Birthday to Dad......he's 81, and going....I was going to write strong............but I'll just say "81 and going...." It was a fun trip, with fun people and fun to be with family.
I love you all.
