Thursday, June 12, 2014

Family Fun

My Sister's family has property up Ogden Canyon and we got to go have fun for a Sunday with them. We are lucky to get to go up to the mountains.We love it.
 
Here are some Pictures courtesy of My Sister I forgot my camera.
 
Early that morning Dubb spent a long time cleaning "his" baby. Why Men clean trucks when they know they are going in the MUD. I just don't get it. Our Nephew's met us at the gate and rode 4 wheelers up to the camp. As we drove there was another truck and Dubb pulled over to let the truck pass and sunk in the mud. He was so mad and all we did was laugh at him, he was super mad and was cussing like a SAILOR. So we laughed harder at him. He finally had to eat some humble pie and have Shawn pull him out in the Jeep. 
 
 Dubb getting pulled out by a Jeep!

 We had fun playing horse shoes. Me and Dubb against Kyle and Kolt. Dubb and I won the first match.

Kyle playing with Cooper. He was happy if we let him run loose, but I was scared we wouldn't find him. He took off and we had to tie him up. He loves the investigate the outdoors. 

 I got a ringer. woot!! woot!!
 
I am thankful for family and the great times we have together.
  
-Dawni

Sunday, June 1, 2014

Denver Truck Pull 2014

Ken was invited to go to a Truck Pull in Denver Colorado and he can't go without his "Pit Crew" so off we went to Denver. When we pulled in to Denver the weather was looking bad and it started to sprinkle so we all went into the trailer and then it started to "Down Pour". We thought if we drive all this way and they cancel the pull due to rain. That is really going to stink. They decided to extend the time of the start by an hour and the weather decided to corporate. There was so much mud and water on the track it took 2 hours just to get the track ready for them to pull. 
Working the track

Huge standing water all over the track we had mud caked on our shoes it was bad. 

ATS Diesel was the sponsor and we got to go view their shop. WOW these guys know the Diesel Market and have a HUGE shop. It was awesome to see.

Dubb getting ready to pull Ken on the track

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Ken got a new paint job this year. It looks so good
 
Ken won his pull and the Truck ran great. He was slipping and sliding but the motor ran strong. We stayed the night at the rodeo grounds and got to bed at 2 am. We were sleeping so good until someone started to pound on the trailer door at 6 am telling us that we had a hour to leave. We weren't going to drive home all in one day but we didn't have a choice.
 
We stopped at this rest stop in Wyoming 8640 elevation it is the highest elevation on interstate 80


This is a monument of the person who built the Lincoln Memorial highway

Lincoln Memorial Monument  


The had a monument of the first telephone wire to be installed along the highway

We saw tons of antelope on the drive. They were all over the land. I was shocked that we didn't see more road kill. They must of learned to stay off the roads.

 
As we walked thru the parking lot I saw this "beauty" Her name was Fancy Pants she was so cute and I was dying to see inside but the owners were not around.

I would love to fix up a cute trailer like this and have a "miss fancy pants" of my own.
 
 


-Dawni

Saturday, April 26, 2014

Heaven is for real

It was a rainy day today..... perfect day for a movie and lunch. My Sister and I went to this movie. It was a true story and really a good movie. We had Lunch at El Matador....super yummy. I just love Sister Time!
 

-Dawni

Saturday, April 19, 2014

Heaven Received another Angel


 Our hearts are a bit empty this past week. Alonzo C Willey Sr. passed away on April 15th from Lung Cancer. Wayne was able to make the trip back to Maine to spend sometime with this Dad before he passed. This was such a blessing for Wayne to spend time, but also the hardest thing he has ever done. It was so hard for Wayne to be gone for 8 days and see the condition his Dad was in. Wayne would call me and just cry on the phone. Lon would say that he was hanging on until Wayne got to see him one last time. And that's exactly what he did.
 
 We had the opportunity to take Lon to Yellowstone in 2009. He had lived in Utah for 25 years and had never been. He had always wanted to see the wildlife and fish and he got to do both. As we drove him thru the park he would get so excited to see the HUGE elk. This was a great vacation and to see Yellowstone thru this eyes was priceless!
Gardiner MT

Fishing the Madison River

Lon sneaking up on the deer to get a better picture.
I am so grateful to have Lon in my life and the wonderful son he raised.
He will be missed.
-Dawni

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Moab 2014

My Sister and her family along with their friends invited Dubb and I to come to Moab and go Jeeping. At first I was thinking are you crazy  I would freak out to go up that "Slickrock" but I have to say I loved it. I didn't even scream as we went vertical up the hills. My17yr old  Nephew Kyle was my driver. He was AWESOME. He did so good and so did his Jeep. We had a blast. The weather was nice and we got to see so much pretty country. I was in heaven.
 Shawn getting ready to climb a ledge.

The guys had to stack rock over some on the hills, They call them obstacles. I was amazed at how technical they get to climb the rocks. They would plan their attack before every climb. 

 Yay he made it look easy!

 I loved all the red rocks. I would tell Kyle STOP so I can take a picture as we drove to the next climb.

Kyle getting ready to climb

 Some of the hills they need this many "spotters" to spot the driver and tell them how to climb the rocks.

 Kyle sneaking up the trail.

Kyle getting ready to make the last big climb

Kyle would lock it in and go up the hill like it was nothing.

 It would take so long to climb some on the hills. They would just creep up the hills. I was amazing. 

Yay Kyle made it

 This trail was called Flat Iron

 I loved looking at all the holes, in the rocks they looked so cool, Makes me wonder if they were ever someone's home at some time.

Kyle was calm and cool as he drove I was so happy for that, being in the backseat I couldn't see out to know how scary the trails were.

The trails would have ledges that they climbed up just like stairs. It looked so cool to watch the Jeep's climb.

 Yes we went up this STEEP hill I was a little scared, I'm not gonna lie!

 Dubb and Kolt spotting the guys,

Everywhere you looked it was so pretty.

My 2 Co Pilots for the trip.

 I loved all of the red rock.

 I was loving all the photo "opts"

 Beautiful Mesa's

 We drove by petroglyph's It was hard to get a good picture. But so cool to see.
 
 

 The cactus were in bloom and everywhere.

 Bill getting ready to make it thru this skinny path.  

 Kolt was the major photographer he would climb under the Jeep's and get the best pictures.

 Holes in the rocks.

 Flat Iron Trail

 Flat Iron Trail

 Shawn took a wrong turn and we got in the river bottoms of a trail and He got STUCK. Kyle had to pull out his Dad. Kyle had a grin a mile long he can always say, "I had to pull my Dad's Jeep out in Moab"

 Wayne helping Kyle with the strap to pull Shawn out.

 People would wreck their Jeeps and just have to leave them. It was crazy to see all the wrecks Jeeps down the mountains. SCARY!!!!

 This metal bridge was for the hikers and mountain bikers. We were on a ledge and the bridge looked so small from the ledge. Does that mean we were that high???? ughhhh !!!!

 Ledge on the mountain not much room to make a driving mistake.

 Ledge and HUGE drop off. Kyle did amazing job driving.

 Jani was taking most of the pictures from the ground. I think she was too CHICKEN to ride in the Jeep.

Hole in the Rock

 Wild flowers in bloom

 Kolt was the Co Pilot for this climb. 

Kyle getting his tires in the right spot to creep up this steep hill.   

Yay success again!!

 We loved the swirls in the rocks. It was breath taking these pictures.

 Dubb pointing to Kyle where to go up the rocks.

 Shawn getting ready to make the trek up all the black spots are rubber from all the tires as they squeal up the rocks. 

 The La Sal Mountains with the snow on top.

 Slick Rock

 We got to one obstacle and there was a HUGE crack that you had to drive up and not fall in the middle. My heart was beating a little faster with this climb. But Kyle was cool as a cucumber.

 All of the Jeeps that made the climb before us.

 This reminded me of a horseshoe in the rocks.

 This was a STEEP as heck climb. When we went up in all you could see was the sky and nothing else. FREAKY!!!!

 Mike climbing the steep hill.

 Kyle getting ready to go down the steep hill.

 Dubb spotting Bill down the steep hill. Let's hope his brakes work. 

 All of the different Jeep's we saw on the trails.

 More Caves if I was so scared of what I would find in there I would have climb up to look inside.

 I thought this looked like a caveman in the rocks. I'm sure someone made him in the rocks was it was cool to see it.

 Shawn taking a obstacle nice and slow

 Dubb looking for rocks to stack under the tires.

 They had to strap Kyle's back end of the Jeep so he wouldn't trip over this hill was so steep.

 Creeping down the rocks

 Slow and steady

 YAY he made it!!

 Looking out over the valley.

 Kolt taking pictures of the underbelly of the Jeep's.

 This crack was HUGE and they had to position their tires just right to make it over the crack.

 Kyle getting ready his tires in position.

 Dubb making sure that Kyle doesn't slide into the crack.

 Tires in the air..... So SCARY!!!!

 He made it!!

 It looks like a Jeep in the Mountain.

 The Colorado River. It was such a great trip. We are so glad we went. Thanks Jan for inviting us.
-Dawni