More Elba Adventures

Man, I'm behind in my posts. I visited Twin again two weeks ago to work on some sewing projects and take another trip to Elba. Stephen was in Georgia for two weeks for a training for work, so I thought it was an ideal time to go. I got to Twin to help Heather and her sisters make cupcakes for a baby shower and then Mom, Dad, Grandpa, and I left for Elba for the weekend. I have to admit, I wasn't really looking forward to going back to Elba since the week prior we all contracted the plague while we were there over Memorial Day weekend, but this trip was one of the best! I'm so glad I got to go.

We went to the Outpost for dinner that night. Grandpa and I split a steak and Dutch oven potatoes. I decided I'd give Zander some to try....he ended up throwing them up all over and right after decided to have a blowout while he was at it. What a mess!

Friday morning I made breakfast while Mom and Dad caught the horses. Dad and I went for a ride around Castle Rocks which was a two hour loop. It was gorgeous! The mountains and desert were vibrantly colored with all sorts of wildflower fields from red and yellow to purple and blue with a bright blue sky. Dad was in lead with Misty while I followed suit on Libby. One of the best horse rides I've been on--so relaxing. We saw a few owls and woodpeckers along the way, and then stopped to look at the inside of the lodge on our way out.

When we got back to the cabin we had lunch and Mom, Dad, Zander, and I went for a ride up the canyon on the four wheelers. Grandpa stayed behind to paint his bird houses he brought for the blue birds. We strapped Zander in the razor and off we went. We saw two baby moose, a snake, and more wild flower fields on this trip. This was my first time ever seeing moose in the wild, so I was pretty excited. Since I had to take the razor Zander and I got pretty dirty. I covered him in a blanket to keep out as much dust as I could, but we were covered in dust from head to toe. We ended our trip at the overlook by Oakley.

That night Zander didn't sleep too well. He was up from 1:00 to 4:30 so we didn't get much sleep and apparently neither did Dad. He caught the plague and was throwing up all night. I wished Stephen could've come with us on this trip; it was so much fun and he could've seen Elba in all its beauty.