Trek!

Meet the Partridge Family.

Before the trek.

Ma and Pa Partridge

Parker

Patrick

Meaghan

Tim

Mattea

Randy

Amanda

Naomi

Nice and clean.  No axel grease, sweat, dirt or sunburn.

And here we are after the trek; sunburned, tired and in serious need of a shower.

The trek was a great experience, exceedingly memorable. Here are a few highlights:

1.Being run out of Haun's Mill by the singles ward mob.

2. Sleeping in the wide open under the stars.  Cold and hard.

3. Curtis trading his floss for a granola bar at the trading post after saving enough floss to use for the rest of the trip.

4. Practicing our archery skills and Courtney making a better hit than Curtis. Oh yeah!

5. Playing enforcer during the Ho Down by kicking the kids who were trying to escape back onto the dance floor, and holding a teenage boy's brownie hostage so he would complete the square dance. 

6. Waking up after the second night and finding our water had frozen, no wonder my feet were cold.

7. The women's pull, our girls were amazing! Small and mighty.  Those angels came in at exactly the right time, and we were never happier to see our boys come running to our aid.

8.  On our 3rd and final night it finally dawned on us to use all those pine needles for good and make a mattress.  I slept great that night.

9. Walking back into Zion/base camp with friends and family cheering us on.

10. The giant hamburgers waiting for us were awesome too!

But the best part of all was getting to know 9 amazing youth in the Prescott and Prescott Valley Stakes.  Curtis and I were completely exhausted after the whole thing but they were totally worth it.

And just for perspective, that is a dirt line on Curtis's ankle.  He had to scrub it 3 times, once with my pumice stone, to get it cleaned up.