Rest of Moab

After a night of stress and worry I was glad that Brayden was almost back to normal. All his welts were gone and his swelling had come down a lot. He was swollen for the next two day. That didn't stop us from getting out and having some fun. We were able to go on a 4 wheeler ride up to Gemini Bridges. It was a fun ride and Brayden loved it. He stopped a few times on our way. Each family shared a 4 wheeler, here we are on ours. Jerry and Sandy rode together and Melissa and Bob on their own.We stopped and Jared wanted to go climbing......so of course Brayden wanted to try it out.

Brayden loved to ride in front. He would try to climb around Jared as we were driving so we gave in and let him ride in the front. On our way back he even took a nap while sitting in the front.
Once we arrived at the top, I went in to nervous mode. It was really high and I got more and more nervous. It didn't help that Jared seemed to have no fear. Jared and his sister decided to sit on the edge of the rock. It is really hard to see how high they are, but there was nothing under them for probably 150 feet.
A few minutes after we got there a ton of trucks drove up and they drove over the bridge. It freaked me out, they were so close to driving off the edge. I thought it was so stupid, but everyone else thought it was pretty cool.
On Wednesday we took another 4 wheeler ride. Brayden got even more brave, not only did he want to sit in front he liked to hold the handles and pretend he was driving.
Brayden had fun time, and by the end of the day his swelling was almost all gone.
On Thursday we drove through Arches National Park. It was fun to see all the different rock formations, but after awhile they all look the same. Jared decided that we should start naming them. Our favorites were Snouter and Tee Time. Amy and her family arrived that evening and we got ready for a big hike the next morning. We hiked up to Corona Arch. It was a great hike and an awesome arch. A local pilot flew his plane through the Arch. We were hiking during Brayden's nap, but that didn't seem to stop him from getting a little shut eye.
I think we wore him out the past few days.
This is Corona Arch. Jared and his nephew hiked up to the top, of course I stayed on the ground.
Later that afternoon Jared, Brayden and I hiked around the Devil's Garden. We saw Landscape Arch, it is the size of a football field.
Grandma Aurich threw a birthday party for Brayden while we were there. It wasn't as messing as his other birthday cake, but he still had a great time destroying his piece.
Saturday morning the family hiked up to Delicate Arch. It was a good hike, but once we reached the top I got a little nervous. There were a lot of people at the top, we had to wait in line to get our picture taken.