Extended Road Trip.

1 week ago we were in a little bit warmer weather driving around St. George with Mike showing us the course of the duathalon he & Jessie were going to be participating in the next morning. Now I didn't say much warmer but it was definitely warmer, we could wear only light jackets or sweaters....awesome!
Our adventure began Friday morning around 8 when my parents picked us up & we headed south, luckily they took pity on the pregnant woman bladder & stopped when needed. My Mom had found us a beautiful condo that we all shared. A condo vacation is so much better than a hotel one! We checked into our condo, and headed to Tuacahn theater for Mike & Jess to check in for the race, this was the beginning and end of the race. After that we headed to have pasta for dinner, Mike needed some carbs before his race the next day.
Saturday morning we headed back to Tuacahn this time for the race! Mike participated in the sprint; 1.5 M run, 12 M bike ride and another 1.5 M run. He finished in about 1hr 12mins, super impressive!! Jess ran the 5K she finished in 27min, very impressive! It was actually really fun to watch the race, even if we only saw the start, change over from running to biking & the finish. There were some competitors who were VERY serious, wearing what I call wrestling outfits to run & bike in. I had a good laugh at some of them. Don't get me wrong I am impressed that so many people compete in these things (considering our nation is in terrible shape), I couldn't/wouldn't do it but really no one should wear spandex head to toe I don't care how good of shape you are in!
After some recovery time for the athletes we hit the outlet mall, the guys even came! I don't even remember them complaining about it. Upon return we decided to check out the swimming pool & hot tub, I'd like to give a shout out to my awesome Mom & Sister who swam with me in the semi-warm pool since I couldn't get in the hot tub. Thanks! That night we ordered pizza and watched the Olympics, man those were addictive to watch.
Sunday morning we had to head back to the snow of our valley :( Of course we couldn't just head home without seeing the some of the beautiful mountains, this was the first time Mark has been south of Nephi. Mike took us all up Snow Canyon, it was so beautiful and perfect hiking weather! Even if we got into a few interesting spots, see picture of my Mom & Dad, right after they peak they are going through you had to jump down the rocks. I must inform you all I didn't fall or break anything pretty good for accident prone me!

It's always nice to drive back into the Valley after being away, but I must admit it was a little harder than usual when we had to turn the heater up! Oh well living here is worth it.

Side note to my friend Amy W, the whole time I was there I kept thinking about our Zions
trip.....good times!

I apologize for the lack of pictures, I forgot my camera at home (gasp). Good thing for cell phone cameras.