Moab Day #2 Part 1

We woke up Friday morning and cooked eggs and pancakes for breakfast. We got the lunches made and coolers packed to take along with us on our first ride. We decided to go on the Chicken Corners Trail. A rainstorm moved in the day before and washed out alot of the trails down in Moab, but it also made the trails not as dusty as they normally would be, so that was nice.

It is so amazing to see the red rocks down there and to see the different shapes that the wind and water has caused them to become over the years. And not one of them is the same as another.
We rode a few miles and kept climbing little by little and we ended up on Hurrah Pass, which is around 4700 ft high. I call it "HOO RAH" pass like in the movie, "The Guardian." Anyway, the overlook was so pretty. It just seems like cameras do not do it justice. It was so gorgeous so we decided to stop and have lunch there.
When we left the pass, we went back down and ended up winding around the mountain cliffs. Bekka accidently kept her 4-wheeler in low and 4w drive the first half of the day, so she ran out of gasoline pretty quickly. We got off the trail a couple of times because of the rainstorm. We actually ended up in some jungle looking place and that is when Jacqui decided to pull out her gun. Torri and I kept looking at our trail books and the maps but they weren't very helpful. In fact, I don't think they mark the trails well enough down there.We got back on the trail and drove for quite a while until we came to an overlook of the Colorado River. The river is very brown and sandy, but the scenery was beautiful. We didn't quite make it to Chicken Corners because we were afraid we would run out of gas.
On the way back we found some caves and spent some time eating there and hanging out in the shade. The rocks made for some really cool pictures and it felt great to get out of the sun for a while. Bekka and Jacqui were worried about snakes, so Jacqui pulled out her gun again! We walked around the rocks for a few minutes and then headed back to our cars. We spent about 5 hours on the trail and we had a great time. There were quite a few water holes in the middle of the trails and so Jacqui decided to go through one really fast so she would spray Bekka and Jenelle! Pour Jenelle was covered in mud and dirt when we got back!