vacation weeks at ups are a hassle to go through, to say the least. it's all seniority based, with the vacation calendar starting at the top and working its way down. by the time it gets to the bottom of the pack, all the good vacation weeks are already taken (ie, the entire summer), and we're left with random weeks in february or march, sometimes may. and then there's no guarantee you'll get the week off you signed up for because someone with more seniority within your group may have signed up for the same week, so it'll be theirs, not yours. so anyway, david found out the thursday before the last week of february that he had that week off for vacation. talk about good timing, actually! the only week this whole year we've actually had some snow, and david got it off! he used all three of his free ski passes he got (courtesy purchasing a water pack at costco) and hit the hills with a friend, and took his teachers quorum from church on a campout in moab. in between all that fun, we played with pace every day and had some movie nights. david said he felt like he actually had a vacation!
at the campsite in arches national park. they got down to moab, set up camp, and then went on a night hike on a quick trail right off the campsite. he said it was amazing to see the arches lit up with their flashlights while having the sky full of stars overhead. it was also very, very cold--got down to a mere 8 degrees that night. everyone stayed as warm as one can be during 8 degrees of nighttime desert warmth, but a couple of the boys were sure they'd woken up with frostbitten fingers. the next day they had breakfast and did the devil's garden hike with 8-10 arches along the way, and then topped off the day hiking to the delicate arch. they were all exhausted!
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