Weekend in Cannonville

I can definitely say that this past weekend is the most fun I've had since I've been in Utah. Actually the most fun I've had in a really long time in general. Thursday during class, Haleigh got the idea to take a mini road trip to Cannonville. We decided we would have Kyle drive and we could all chip in for gas. I didn't think we would actually go, or that Kyle would actually go for it, but he was way excited. Of course Haleigh didn't want to be the third wheel so she asked around to find a fourth party to go with us. It took sometime to find someone else, which made us kind of nervous because we didn't want to pay more for gas. Zach couldn't go because he had to work. We convinced Seth to take off work and come, which he was going to, but then he felt bad for missing work. So back to Zach. We had to do some serious begging, but we finally convinced him. We left around 4:30 Friday. It was only a four hour trip. The town on Cannonville probably has a total of 100 people in it. It was so small! We didn't have any cell phone reception, which was kind of nice, and I'm pretty sure we were the only ones staying at the Grand Staircase Inn. Our hotel was the biggest building in the whole town, which isn't saying much, but it was a pretty nice hotel. Friday night we didn't do much. We wanted to get to sleep early, so we could do a lot on Saturday. Saturday morning, Haleigh and I got ready while the guys went and got breakfast. I discovered that I love strawberry cream cheese. We picked the perfect weekend to take this trip. It was such a beautiful day on Saturday. It was sunny and warm. We started our day by climbing up some big red canyon thing. It wasn't too bad of a climb, until Haleigh wanted to climb to the bigger white mountain behind it. I got about half way up and couldn't do it. I forgot how afraid of heights I am. Somehow Zach and Haleigh went all the way to the top, and still managed to beat Kyle and I back down to the car. 

Then we went to Mossy Rock. One side was a cave with the biggest ice sickles I've ever seen. On the other side was a waterfall. It was so pretty! Of course We had to climb to the very top, and then down to the very bottom. Zach insisted on knocking over everything he could. He was always trying to push over rocks and icicle. I would like to say that it felt good to get dirty. Haha. I was so muddy when the whole deal was over. Our next adventure was to find some waterfall that Haleigh had been to when she was like 10. Wait, this might have happened before mossy rock, but I don't remember. Anyways, Haleigh wasn't positive she knew where this waterfall was exactly. Our first mistake was driving down a dirt road that had a road close signed posted.


We were doing fine until we got to a stream we had to cross in Kyle's little Honda. Haleigh said a prayer that we would be able to "cross the mighty river." Well we got across it alright! Somewhere along the way, Kyle lost the bottom of his car. Haha. We spent a good hour driving down that old dirt road when we came to a part that we knew Kyle's couldn't get over in his car. Haha. We lived on burritos and peanut butter and jelly the whole weekend. Saturday night we went out and looked at the stars. I have NEVER seen so many stars in my life. I saw two shooting stars..which was awesome because I had never seen one! I probably could have sat out there all night had it not been so cold. Sunday we attempted to hike back up the white mountain, but it was way too windy. I had sand everywhere by the time the weekend was over because of the wind blowing so hard. So instead of going up, we went down. I think it was harder getting down inside of the canyon. Zach had to coach me to get me to come down, but it was so cool inside the canyon. Kyle and I ended up having to go through someone's yard and jump their fence to get out. It just made the whole thing that much more interesting. I'm so glad I got to go on this trip with my amazing friends and boyfriend!