Day 16 (Moab to Honeyville)
June 20th
Got up around 8 and left the campground by 9 to head over to Arches National Park, just a few miles down the road. Grabbed breakfast at a McDonalds and ate it in the van before entering the national park. After an upward climb up the mountain we arrived at Windows Arches, and got out of the car to explore. The Arches were really cool and made for some great climbing spots. Peter befriended a lizard and we walked around the rock sculptures until we felt ready to move on to another view point. We packed into the van and headed over to another spot called Devil’s Garden. We hiked around there for about an hour, taking in all the impressive sights and bathing in the warm, but not uncomfortably hot, sun. After the hike, we cleaned out the van for the five hour drive up to Honeyville, Utah, about an hour and a half north of Salt Lake, where we’d be staying the night with the Perry’s. Jeannie Perry is the sister of family friend, Dave Hunsaker, and Riley and I had met her son Braden a couple summers ago when he came up to visit Juneau. We arrived in Honeyville, and found their house pretty easily. The Perrys live in a beautiful house, surrounded by 80 acres of farm land, with a little, picturesque, red barn for a garage, next door. We were warmly welcomed by Jeannie, her husband Blair, Braden, and w a delicious dinner of spaghetti. After eating and engaging in interesting dinner conversation, we headed outside for an intense game of basketball in the dark, on their court outside, with Braden and his friend Dan, who joined us later. The game grew more difficult as it got later but was still a lot of fun. We retired to our respective rooms, which were tastefully themed by season. Micah and I are sleeping in the fall room which seems to capture it very nicely. Tomorrow, we plan to get up and get on the road by late morning to make our way back towards Seattle. We will try and get as close as we can tomorrow and will probably stay a night in a motel somewhere along the way.
