Spring Break

Wow. So, SPRING IS HERE!!!! Ah. The sun is shining and it's getting warmer, which is fantastic after a Cache Valley winter! So, a few weeks ago, we finally had a break from school and headed off for spring break!! With a theme of YOLO (Yes. It was fantastic) we first headed down to Riverton to Jame's house the night before we actually left on the trip. The group included me (the life of the party), my roommates Jame and Amber, Jame's boyfriend (and master planner) Todd, and a couple of his friends, Jens and Mark. We spent Sunday night at Jame's house and then early Monday morning, we packed up the suburban and headed down to southern Utah. Four hours later, we made it to our campsite. It was off of the Leeds exit, about fifteen minutes from St. George, called Red Cliffs campsite. It was B-E-A-utiful!! Red rocks all around! Here's a picture!!

We set up camp, and then headed to explore the trails around the campsite. There was a really awesome trail where we trudged through streams and up rocks. It was super pretty!! Here's a picture from the hike...

After the hike, we headed back to camp and just hung out by the campfire. In typical T4 style, we ended up playing "What are the Odds," which is a dare game. Although there were some great dares, one of my personal favorites was one where a couple of the guys got liquid from glow sticks sprayed on them and had to run through the other camp sites screaming, "HELP! There's aliens in the canyon and this is their blood!" It was hilarious. Aaaaaand picture!

So! The next day, we woke up early (again!) And headed about forty minutes to Zions National Park for the day!! The first thing we did was hike Angel's Landing!! Well... I mean, most of us hiked it. Haha. I made it up to the first lookout point, and when I kept going about halfway to the very top, I had to stop. Besides the fact that it was ridiculously high up and I had about a foot of room to walk on while holding a chain, there were so many people going up and down the mountain that I was constantly on the edge. I was fine with just hanging out at the first lookout!! But here's a picture from about halfway up to the first lookout!

After we hiked Angel's Landing, we hiked to both of the Emerald Pools as well. After that, we were starving and exhausted, so we went into town to eat at this awesome italian food truck!! The food was fantastic!! And it tasted even better because we were so hungry. We headed back to camp, played some games, and headed to bed. 

The next day, we went to Black Rock in St. George to go rock climbing!! It was so beautiful outside and the climbing was great! There were even some desert lizards that decided to climb the rocks with us. Haha. 

After getting sufficiently sunburned, and climbing for most of the day, we decided it was finally time to get back in the car for a couple hours and head to LASSSSS VEGASSSS!!!!! We stayed at the Silver Seven and had a great time!! We walked around the strip and watched some free shows and street groups. Plus, our hotel had a pool! And an actual bed, which was nice after sleeping on the ground for a few days. 

We left Vegas the next day, and headed back to Riverton!! After six hours of driving, we finally made it! WHew!! But it was fantastic!! And after that, I got back into a car with my parents, and headed to Wyoming! Good thing I'm so photogenic. 

We were going to Jackson Hole because that's where I'll be working over the summer, and I wanted to get some paperwork done as well as see the store. It was great, the people seem awesome there, and I'm so excited to be able to be there for the summer!!! However, spring in Wyoming is a little different than spring in Vegas... brrrr!!! 

After we left Jackson, it was finally time to head back to Pocatello. We got some super great Thai food, slept, and then it was an early morning to go back to Logan for a mission farewell. Geez!! But really, it was an AMAZING week with hilarious people!! I'm so glad we got to go and make some great memories!! 

#YOLO