Wendover in June

Sean spent a week out in Wendover again for work. They have a plant there, and they were needing to fix some of the instruments and standardization and such.

I tagged along this time. All in all, it was a much more enjoyable week than the last time he went out and I stayed in Moab. Not that there is a ton to do there. I mean, there is gambling and eating at casinos...but that's basically it. However, it was nice we could see more of each other. Even though Sean averaged twelve hour days.

Some highlights:

Life size dessert display! Which one to choose....??

This was a 10 layer chocolate cake. This is how much we were able to eat!

Brownie Sundae! Again, we couldn't finish it.

Biker making his way to east from Wendover.

Official art on the side of the road.

Someone created an oasis on the salt flats. There is a chair there too!

Mr. Dragonfly.

Utah sure has some nice scenery.

The poor car. She sure did a nice job hitting bugs!

  I drove out one day to Salt Lake to run some errands. The rest of the time I kept busy on my work computer or ate food with Sean. I got to meet some of his coworkers out there. Everyone was super nice and friendly.

June, June, June

Our month has been good so far.

One of the next door neighbors came over, and told us we had to follow her outside. She had a NASA folder with her full of brochures and information, and was very excited to share. Venus was passing in front of the sun, and she had all the equipment with her for us to view it properly!

The camera didn't pick it up... at all, but it was very cool to see! It won't happen again for another 70 years.

We also took a little hike up Negro Bill Canyon, and I took my camera this time!

One day we'll finish it! It was a beautiful and diverse hike. We will definitely go on that trail again.

Fiery Furnace with the Boys

This weekend we had some friends come down to play in Arches. They let us tag along on Saturday, and it was pretty fun. First of all, it was Tommy, Tyler, and Eric. Second, we were able to get a personal permit to Fiery Furnace. Put those two together, and it was a hiking party! Observe:

A nice person offered to take this picture... after they saw us struggling to take it ourselves.

  I dropped the cover to my lenses a few times....so Sean retrieved it....

We tried several times to get a group shot...this is the best one.

Running on canyon walls!

 

 

Sean doing a jump.

Tommy doing a jump.

Tyler doing a jump.

It was a perfect day to explore Fiery Furnace. We hiked, army crawled, leaped, scrambled, scooted, sprawled, and had a lot of fun. It was nice being in an area of the Park with so few people.

That evening we did a hike down Negro Bill Canyon. I forgot a few things for the hike, including the camera. (We will do that hike again, and will definitely take the camera.) My body has never protested so much after a day of hiking. Totally worth it!