Mesa Falls

We had a four day weekend so we decided to check out some of the nearby sights.  Our first stop was Mesa Falls.  I LOVE waterfalls, and this one did not disappoint.  So beautiful! 

We brought our four wheelers along and found a great mountain trail.  It was so pretty with a big river below us.  We had a beautiful ride until it started to get more overcast. 

It started raining very lightly.  Fortunately, we had brought along some jackets- so we stopped and put those on. 

Before we knew it we found ourselves in the middle of a full blown hail storm.  Ouch!  The kids were so tough.  We huddled together and raced back for cover.  After about 20 minutes of this our prayers were answered and the hail stopped.  We were all drenched and super cold but we kept our train moving.  I have two favorite memories.  The first was Seth with his arms tightly around the back of his dad.  He was laying his face in his dad's shirt.  Both of them were in t-shirts with icy hail pounding at them.  (Seth had declared he didn't need a jacket and so had Brig- so Dad had given his jacket to Brig-since he was alone on a 4 wheeler.  Hopefully they have learned it is better to be prepared than sorry.)  Anyway- I liked this so much because Seth (who hates to be cold)  had such a serene look on his face.  He was determined to tough it out and make the best of the situation.  He never complained.  He understood the circumstances and he put on a brave face.  It made me feel quite emotional to see my 10 year old acting like a man. 

The second memory was when we had made some adjustments and Katry and Seth were behind me.  They were huddling together under my jacket.  They both started singing to keep their minds off the cold.  I was just grateful for such sweet kids.  Once we made it back to our truck and got the 4 wheelers loaded with the heat blasting in the truck we all had a good laugh.  It was a tough, very uncomfortable experience and we survived it with flying colors.  It was great for us to all experience that "self made" adversity together.  We all felt so close and unified.