TransAmerica Day 5

Hi everyone! I'm writing to you all the way from Moab, Utah! Today was amazing. First thing this morning JD, my dad(Kenneth), Chido, and myself(Lauren) went to bike slickrock and see how we thought the highschoolers would do. Wow... it was tough. Think miles and miles of huge sandstone hills, cliffs, valleys... I can't even explain how beautiful. By the way, do not be fooled by the beautifulness of it all, it WILL kick your butt. We thought we'd start on the "practice" trail. We never moved past the 2.5 miles of "practice". I was pretty scared and almost puked, but hey, I made it out alive. The funniest part of the day was seeing my dad fly over his handlebars, while telling us that the hill he was going down would throw us over our bars. I laughed so hard I almost cried. So, despite how tired I was when we got back, I decided to sacrifice my naptime to hang out with some of my favorite girls. We headed out to Moab Community Pool. We conquered some fears in that pool. Chido, yes Chido did a front flip off of the high dive! But only after Kevin bribed him by doing a gainer off of the same high dive. It was fantastic. Kelechi had his very first experience jumping off a diving board. And we even got Ali to jump off of the high dive. Great times. Of course we shopped around town a little before heading out to Arches. Everyone on Earth should be required to go to Arches. We chose the path to Delicate Arch and man was it beautiful. I just don't know how anyone can see what we saw today and question whether or not there is a God. Don't worry though, between all the cameras we have plenty of pictures! I can't wait for everyone to see them. Well, we were in a state park so technically we weren't supposed to be there after dark, but since when does JD care? Instead of leaving at dark we climbed up onto a small plateau as the sun was setting. We sang praises to our Magnificent God and had a devo led by Davis Richardson. You have never seen stars like we saw tonight. I was so emotional just laying on my back and looking up at His masterpiece. We also heard a little South Seventh Street (acapella style). The hike back was pretty cool... and dark. All in all it was an amazing day. Definitely a day we will never forget! Can't wait to see you guys again, but still don't want this to end! -Lauren Durden