Friday, June 24th-
Destination: The Whole Enchilada (..literally)
Today the guys took on a huge bike trail called, you guessed it, the Whole Enchilada! This trail is found in the mountains of Moab, Utah. It is about 36 miles of trail that works through many types of terrain like forests, deserts, rocks, and mountaintops! The trail takes roughly 6-8 hours to complete. It begins up in the La Sal Mountains and ends on the outskirts of Moab's city. About 1/3 of the way down, and in the middle of the desert-portion of the ride, Leo's tire busted. Praise the Lord he had a spare and was able to replace it. Unfortunately though, it happened again and he ended up having to walk his bike for several miles. Someone's going a little too hard core over there..! They were able to finish but they were completely exhausted by the end of the trail. Even though they had some troubles in the midst, they enjoyed this day so much!
Saturday, June 25th-
Destination: Pack Creek Campground
Today the guys drove to this nice camp site near Moab. They had some down time here for the next couple of days. The two ended up meeting a couple and their little girl who are from France! They are touring America for 7 months! The husband's name is Julian. Leo and Jonathan had a really nice time talking with them about beliefs, culture, languages, and the Bible. The Lord blessed the guys with meeting this super friendly couple. They hung out for about 2 hours tonight. Leo and Jonathan grilled out some burgers and got some good rest in the cool of the night.
Sunday, June 26th-
Destination: Campground Continued
This morning, while the guys were having some worship time of singing and reading Scripture together, the French couple came back over! How cool that they came right in the midst of praising our King in Heaven! The group hung out and talked through some more things. Leo and Jonathan were able to clearly share the Gospel and go into great detail of the Bible and historical evidence for it. God is working in big ways. Later that day, Jonathan and Leo made them an American supper (burgers of course!) and invited them over to their camping area while they talked further still. This time was more light-hearted conversation about funny cultural differences and stories. The guys even practiced their French for their new friends! Please be praying for Julian and his wife and daughter that they will be blessed with safety on their journey, and that they will come to know our Father.
Monday, June 27th-
Destination: a new destination
French-toast for breakfast at the campsite! The guys said good-bye to their French friends, so maybe Jonathan and Leo's breakfast was in their honor!
This afternoon they moved on from the nice campsite and to begin working on Jonathan's dirt bike that has had some trouble lately. After hours of working, they had figured out the problem and got it back in good shape! Then of course, they went for an hour long dirt bike ride in celebration. That pretty much took up the whole day for them, but they are thankful that it was not in vain because the dirt bike is back and better than ever!
Tuesday, June 28th-
Destination: The Darwin Brothers!
Today the guys explored a petrified forest in Escalante, UT. It was pretty amazing, not gonna lie!
After that, they went for a quick cool-off swim nearby. Next, the 2 met up with some of our friends from back home who are also on a summer adventure out west- the Darwin brothers! It was a breath of fresh air for Jonathan and Leo to spend time with a group of 4 other guys and get a break from each other. Not that they're having problems, but it's just nice to talk to and adventure with other people!
All 6 of them journeyed to what is called Zebra Canyon. Maybe it got it's name from the striped appearance of the "walls" of the canyon. Whatever the case, this place is COOL. They hiked around in there for a good while. It was a really neat change of scenery for all 6 of them. They planned to meet up again tomorrow!
Wednesday, June 29th-
Destination: Canyoneering
Today Jonathan and Leo again met up with the Darwin brothers for another day of full activity. They all hiked for several miles to get to yet another canyon called Neon Canyon. Here, they prepared to repel. Thankfully the Darwin brothers have repelling experience and had plenty of gear for all of them to utilize. Apparently, repelling in Utah in canyons like this one, is referred to as "canyoneering", a term that's new to me, but I guess we should add that to our vocabularies! So all afternoon they repelled in these huge caves/canyons. Jonathan and Leo enjoyed having a new activity. They mainly hike, mountain bike, dirt bike, swim, drive, and climb. So this was something new to them for this summer and they had so much fun. They also found some kind of swimming hole and it looks like they THOROUGHLY enjoyed it! Tonight they said good-bye to the Darwins and were really thankful for their time with those brothers. Tomorrow night would present another round of visitors..
Thursday, June 30th-
Destination: Zion + an AIRPORT
Today the guys are planning to take a trip to Zion National Park to pass some time before picking Molly and me up from the airport later!! She and I will be with the guys from tonight until next Monday night! We are all so excited to see each other and pumped for this amazing trip ahead of us! We can't wait to see our guys! Please pray for safe travels for all 4 of us!! See the "Prayer Requests" tab for further prayer needs. Stay tuned to hear all about our adventures out there, JOINING THE AdventureBus2016!!
(<-- Disclaimer: this picture is not from today)
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