Later this afternoon everybody piled onto the boats and the teenagers tripled up on the jet skis and we went out to Labyrinth Canyon to go cliff jumping. It is a GORGEOUS canyon! We went back in as far as we could. We found some cliffs that weren't too high. Some jumped but most just got out to enjoy the cool water-- it had been a really hot afternoon! Jamie got out her Princess Swan floatie and we enjoyed the cool water! I think watching a guy jump off of a 100 foot cliff kind of dampened everyone's spirits about cliff jumping. He was hurt pretty badly... Nate (a Dr.) went and checked him out. He was going to be fine, but he told them they should take him in to get checked out. Nate said it looked like they were drinking. It took him a while to surface after he jumped and a friend that was close by had to go down in the water and get him... very scary!!! It was a horrible thing to watch. We all thought we were going to witness this guys death!
We went back as far as the boats could go, but the teenagers on the jet skis wanted to go further in. We let them, but they got the stupid idea (Jed's idea) to get off and hike up the canyon on foot. This made the rest of us have to wait for them and wonder what happened to them... AND it was starting to get dark and a storm was coming in. It started to rain and the wind was blowing sand everywhere! We were so mad at them for getting off when we had just given them permission to go back in but stay IN the water with the jet skis. I couldn't believe Jed was the ring leader of that stupid expedition! All of them got chewed out by their parents... Katelyn was one of them. I just kept quiet because I knew Bill would really give it to her. We didn't get back to the houseboat until around 8:30 and we hadn't eaten dinner yet. Needless to say the Moore's had to cook dinner fast and we ate really late. It was such a yummy Italian dinner of Nicole's family recipe for spaghetti (with 3 kinds of meat--chicken, beef and sausage) with a Caesar salad, garlic toast and cookies for dessert.
The last picture is pointing to Labyrinth Canyon where we were just south of where we are camped at Gunsight Butte.
We stayed up REALLY late AGAIN tonight because it was "our last night!" We started a game of Code Names but then decided to teach everyone Double Hearts. It was fun, but we were all falling asleep so we couldn't finish the game! We decided to call it a night and go to bed! Even the teenagers were calm and some already in bed! It's been a fun trip but one with a lot of ups and downs. Hopefully if we ever come back, we will be smarter and not make the mistakes we made this time around. It was definitely a learning trip! Next time we will have our boat and I will be able to go see Hole in the Rock and Rainbow Bridge! It would be fun to take a day and go and see both sites. I REALLY wanted to see them... but it just wasn't in the cards this time. Still had a fun time, but I'm ready to go home!
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