How to avoid getting eaten by Bears:

1) Stay in your car (Check)

2) Don't have any food in or around your camping tent. (Check)

3) Make lots of noise. (umm..didn't feel brave enough to do that, luckily we had rowdy neighbors).

So now that everyone can feel safe in their future camping endeavors, I will share our short-lived horification (yes, I made up the word). We had an amazing time away from work and school this past weekend. We went down to Moab and got to see Canyonlands, Arches national park, and the La Sal mountains (mountains of salt, it looks like there is snow on top, but really its salt apparently). Our first night we stayed by the Green River in Moab, which was super fun, yet super hot. So the next night we decided to stay up above the heat in the La Sal mountains. While driving up there, a large animal bounded out of the brush on the right side of the road about thirty feet in front of us..ran across the road, and jumped into the brush on the left side of the road. Initially thinking, "Wow, that is one large dog" i realized maybe it wasn't a dog..I said to Chris, "WHAT was THAT!?" and he said, "That was a BEAR!" And so began my terror. We decided that we should drive to the other side of the mountain where it was 'safe'. But needless to say, I was still freaked out. Even though I was safe in my car and seeing a bear while camping is 'rare' I still felt somewhat uneasy. Luckily though we had no further sightings. Phew! Here are some picts from the happier side of our vaca:

Delicate Arch...not the longest hike ever, but DEFINITELY the hottest.

Squirly squirrel! Actually I think it was a chipmunk..

At the top of Aztec Butte, Canyonlands

Warner Lake, La Sal Mountains

Canyonlands

Mesa Arch