moab, why have i never been there before now?

ok friends, lots and lots of pictures coming your way and these are only the pics i stole from abbie. the last two weekends chris and i went to moab. i had never been there before but always wanted to go. so when we signed up for the xterra moab tri festival i figured i'd get there. chris and i went down mother's day weekend to pre-ride the off-raod bike. good grief! i have never been so glad that i underestimated myself. i signed up for the road tri and i'm so glad i did. that trail was brutal to say the least! (pics from this trip with ralphie to come.) 

 on our way to moab

newspaper rock in the canyonlands

we headed down to canyonlands to do a little off-roading

taking a little break from all the bouncing around, its a little rough on the bladder. haha

the overlook from where the colorado and green river intersect. 

we had so much fun with these two. always entertaining and lots of laughs. 

chris and mike, these two are the goofiest combo. they have way too much fun together. 

this jeep is a monster! it did so well. only my second time off-roading but i was impressed with this beast. 

oh this tri. i have nervous gas helping get chris ready for his start. the water was 58 degrees. MISERABLY cold.  

i was wondering why in the hell i signed up for this. i am so out of shape and didn't train nearly enough. 

so funny, i look so mad in EVERY picture and chris was smiling in EVERY picture. 

mike did the full xterra off-road. he is a machine. 

chris and abbie's brother wes did the xterra sport. 

first time i smiled in two hours....so glad it was over. 

cutest couple. 

everyone but me. i was swearing my way to the porta-potty. 

cute abbie got third in her division. 

yes, i got first in my division but don't be mislead, there were only two of us. it was pretty funny. this girl and i had a pretty good laugh about it. 

i was using my metal to get free crap all over the place. you know like finish line water, bananas, half a bagel....oh wait they give that to everyone. hahaha. 

mike got second in his division, which was actually a bigger deal than mine. there were lots in his division. 

well to end the trip mike chipped his tooth and once we saw he was ok we laughed harder than i have in a long time. good ol' michael is always keeping everyone laughing. i named him chip. he looked like a hillbilly. so hilarious. 

we had so much fun with mike and abbie. they are an awesome couple who are up for anything. thanks guys for such a great time. lets do it again, soon. i hear there's a really good restaurant called Peace Tree, ever heard of it?