Larry and I left for St George after getting the grands some breakfast. We decided to listen to the first session of Conference on the Road and hopefully be to Jerry and Darinda's by the afternoon session. It worked out great. I really enjoyed listening while we drove. I am sure we heard more than if we would have been home trying to watch it and the grands.
We really do enjoy staying with Jerry and Darinda. It is so relaxing and nice. Randee and Zoee were there also and so that made it fun. I went with Darinda Monday morning to take Randee to the Airport and then we headed over to the Senior Games. I barely missed Larry's Long Jump. :( Larry came in 4th on that event and 3rd place beat him by a cm. (very close) On the way back to the house us girls stopped by an antique store and had a little fun! We went for some sun glasses but they were out! So we played!
Monday after the games we went 4-wheeling with Jerry and Darinda. It took us 3 1/2 hours and I think it was like 42 miles. It was a bumpy ride and I had a hard time seeing with all the dust and the sun. I got a little nervous a few times....especially when I decided to slow down since I couldn't see and waited for the dust to die down.....I was right by a cliff! I had no idea there was a cliff and my heart sped up just a bit! We found out that night that Ralph's (a guy also staying with Jerry & Darinda) 32 year old neighbor had been forced off a cliff in Hawaii and died. That fact my experience even more scary. When we got to the end of the trail it was beautiful. I had sore knees and was glad I wasn't a nursing mother since all I would have been able to offer my child would have been a "milk shake". (a lot of bumps on the ride....but super fun....other than the not being able to see)
Someone had a great idea to take our picture on the HUGE rock. Larry and I went around and started climbing the rock. I slipped before I made it to the top and scared myself to death. (almost) I was glad Larry grabbed me and is strong enough to hold me. I was shaking so bad when I finally made it to the top. It was kind of funny and plenty of laughing going on but I was seriously scared and shaking. I had a hard time standing up. I did though for a picture. I knew I had to climb back down and that terrified me. We decided to go down the front this time instead of the back. If I wouldn't have been so scared it would have been easier but I didn't want to slip again because it was a long way down. We laughed as a scooted my bum down the rock and stood looking at the 3 ft gap between the big rock and the next one. I should have been able to step across but didn't have the guts and didn't trust myself. Larry was so calm and nice as he tried to reassure me that I would be fine. He kept telling me to trust him. I did trust him but I didn't trust myself. I wasn't sure if I would chicken out mid way ..... which wouldn't be good since there was space to fall. I chose to step on the tree to get closer to the lower rock. I was grateful it held me and that Larry was able to pull me the rest of the way over. Once on the lower rock Larry said to turn around and he would lower me down. It still looked to me to be quite a ways down and I was still scared. I asked (maybe told) Jerry to come help me by holding my feet and helping to lower me. He joked and said you want me to hold your bum....I laughed and said I didn't care what he held as long as he helped me down. (I was desperate) He held my feet and Larry held my hands and they lowered me and I was safely on the ground again. We continued to laugh even more then. Darinda had been filming most of it and was almost out of control laughing. It was nice to laugh that hard together. I rode back with Darinda in the side by side and we laughed even more. So being scared was worth it in the long run.
Wednesday Larry metaled in the standing long jump and the high jump. He jumped as high as Jerry and got his personal best in both events. He was thrilled and I was so proud of him.
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