The Boys' Trip to Moab!
"The Dad" booked an extreme river rafting trip for just "The Boys," and adventure became theirs for the taking!

The Way Down:
The Way Back:

"The Accountant" rented an Excursion that had only 8 miles on it. Arguments ensued about who was going to get to drive, so to appease everyone, they went out and bought tiny toy steering wheels. This seemed to keep people happy.



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O.K. What really happened is the boys had set up a T.V. between the front seats and played the Wii the entire way down and the entire way back. "The Engineer" observed that "The Builder" (who is notorious for falling asleep the moment his hind pockets hit the seat of a car) can actually stay awake if there is a Wii in the car. Not sure which would be more dangerous if he were driving...having him drive and fall asleep, or having him drive and play the Wii.

Interestingly, it looks as if "The Doc" (top picture, right) does the opposite--Wii in the car? Asleep. It seems he can play the Wii while sleeping though, so maybe he wouldn't be as dangerous as "The Builder" would be if he were driving the actual car.

"The Accountant" (top picture in the sweet teal shirt), wore the sunglasses all the way down, despite the fact that it was the middle of the night. It's probably because his "future's so bright" and all.

The Middle Part

When the boys arrived in Moab in the middle of the night, they ended up at the wrong hotel. When they found the right hotel, one of their rooms had been canceled. Bedfellows and roll-aways anyone?

"The Graduate" next to "The Accountant" at 5:45 a.m.

"The Dad" got everyone up early because they were supposed to be to the river by 7:00 a.m. When they got there...surprise, surprise (read: "not surprise, surprise" based on the hotel fiasco the previous night) the trip had been canceled, due to high water, many deaths (not really, Mom), etc. They were informed that they could go on the "wimpier" part of the river later in the day.

So...off to hike the arches!

(The Grad., The Dad, The Doc, The Accountant, The Builder)
All the boys but the one taking the picture...

(The Engineer)
...don't worry, he took one of himself too.

"The Graduate," dancing his way up to the arches.

"The Doc" in full scout gear.

A cool, balancing rock.

"The bunny, the bunny, oh we love the bunny..."

The bunny leaving because he doesn't like the bunny song.

"The Graduate," playing Hide and Seek, or something.

"The Accountant" smiling because he knows where "The Graduate" is hiding.

"The Doc" enjoying the view.

"The Engineer" gives up power of the camera and allows someone to take his picture.


"We found the arch!"

"The Graduate," aka. "Babes" with "The Builder."

A cool arch photo.

It's hard to keep "The Accountant" off of the edges of steep cliffs because he thinks the photo ops are better in more dangerous situations. Kind of like the photographer guy at a track meet who wandered into the way of an oncoming javelin. The javelin went through his knee, and he took a picture of it.

See?

He even convinced "The Doc" to sit on the edge of a cliff so he could take a photo.

Upon leaving the Arches, they finally made it to the river:

You can see that "The Graduate" is petrified of the humongous rapids (seen in the background).

"The Doc" with his Big Gulp and "The Dad."
Oh wait, I think that is a bucket to bail water out of the raft. Maybe there was a hole in the bottom of the raft, because I'm not seeing where water would get in any other way.

"The Builder," looking cool and it looks like "Babes" overcame his fear and is now having fun.

"Guys in Glasses."

Well, that's about it. I've already shown you how the way home went, but here is another shot, so you can get the full effect:

A big thanks to "The Dad"! I great time was had by all. "The Engineer" loved it, and from talking to various others, so did the rest of the crew.

Note for next year's reunion shirts: "The Dad" wears yellow. :)