I cannot get caught up on here. Oh well. February was mostly uneventful. Sage invited a bunch of girls over for a galentines party. She's so good at making her events fun. She always has great ideas. I'm very grateful for her event planning skills. Without her I would be lost.
We went to St George for Presidents Day weekend. While there we had a horrible, no good, very bad day. The plan was to go mountain biking, make it back for lunch, and then go jeeping. The mountain bike ride was good fun. Until we got back to the truck and Zack said he'd lost his keys on the trail. We looked all over in the truck, around the truck, and then realized we were going to have to get back on the trail to find them. It wasn't just his keys (his spare Jeep key was in Logan), but his wallet was attached so license, credit card, etc. Jake and Zack ended up riding almost the whole loop again. I would stop at random intervals to meet up with them in the truck and see if they had any luck. No luck. We miraculously found a mobile key maker who came that day and had a new key for Zack in like 20 minutes. Only cost him $100 (he should charge more). We were exhausted and starving by the time we got to the house at like 3:30. Jake decided he still wanted to salvage the day and go on a short Jeep ride. Tracy ended up coming with us. So we rolled out at like 5:00 in Jake and Zack's Jeeps. This was a trail they'd done before. Shouldn't have been a big deal. But it was. Halfway in Zack was having a hard time making it up an obstacle. His Jeep ended up tipping (he was the only one in the car because I'm smart and get out on scary parts). Zack was fine, and we were able to winch his Jeep out of the hole. The car started and Jake drove off thinking we were good to go. I was in the car with Zack and we weren't really good to go. We went down a steep, scary hill not sure how well the brakes were working. Survived that part only to get stuck at the bottom of the hill. Things were broken on the Jeep that didn't let us move (don't ask me what things. I have no idea. Just things). Jake and Zack decided to somehow get Zack's wheels so they would roll, right there on the trail. We frequently do trail repairs in Jeeps. They're super fun. Let me remind you that Tracy was with us this whole time. She was a good sport but will probably never come with us again. Smart. By the time the Jeep could move it was dark and it had been a really long day. Zack's Jeep could move but it didn't have 4-wheel drive. We were down in a wash, so this was a problem. I've learned to be wary of washes. They can be difficult to get out of. We found a place to go up, but we had to tow Zack. Jake needed to be outside and able to communicate with Zack, so somehow I found myself driving the Jeep. Not just driving the Jeep, but towing Zack up an obstacle, in 4-wheel drive, in the dark. I had to put my big girl pants on for sure. Somehow I pulled him out and we slowly made our way off the mountain. Got back to the house at like 10:00. LONGEST DAY EVER.
We almost went home early due to the unenjoyable events detailed above. But we decided to power through and went to see the Candy Cliffs. This was an enjoyable way to spend the day. Super pretty. The best part of the day, though, was when Zack said that he should probably keep his Jeep off the really hard trails while he's using it as his daily driver. Hallelujah. Almost made everything worth it.
Just in case you're wondering, we towed the Jeeps home and Zack had his Jeep fixed and back up at school a couple of days later. He's definitely learned a lot with all of these repairs.
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| I took Kate and Sage with me to a big service project |
