Summer has begun. This year won’t consist of a lot of trips because we’re all trying to save for Panama, but we’ll make do. Mini trip #1 thus far was Moab. The only time I’ve ever been there was about 9 years ago and my pillow was stolen so it was nice to go again and create some normal memories. The first half of the group went down on Thursday night … and it turns out that this group consisted of Jim and all the girls. And with odds like that what else can you do but play ELIMIDATE? Since the other half of the group wasn’t going to be there until Friday night, we had an entire day for our elimidate.
Challenge #1: The drive. Who’s gonna be the first to give up and ask Jim to stop for a bathroom break? Ordinarily this is my role in road trips, but not this time. It’s a competition. I prepped by not drinking ANYTHING before or during the drive. Turns out all four girls made it the entire way without begging to stop. TIE.
Challenge #2: The snake. There was a mysterious snake slithering across the railroad tracks. If Jim grabs it by the tail who is willing to touch it? Me and Rebecca. Point and point. Extra point for me for telling my story about the time I ate rattlesnake.
Challenge #3: The tunnel. Who’s gonna chicken out and not brave the 1.5ish miles through the railroad tunnel? Everyone pulled through. TIE. An extension of this challenge would have been in the instance of a train running through the tunnel at the same time. Jump to the side, lay crouched down facing the wall, and cover your head. I would have rocked this one, I just know it. But no train. SIDENOTE: When reading graffiti on the inside of a railroad tunnel, be sure to read it in your head before doing so aloud. Otherwise you might chance reading something really off color to the entire group and not realize it’s inappropriate until the very end. Which can be funny and embarrassing at the same time.
Challenge #4: Hiking. Who needs Jim’s help when climbing up steep rocks? And would that be a point given for needing his help or a point taken away? Not certain. I’ll admit – I needed help. But in my defense, I’m still recovering from my running stuff so I get a waiver. My rules.
Challenge #5: Shooting. Jim brought his pistol. Who can hit the target? I’m pretty sure I got some points on this one, not necessarily because I hit the target (that’s up for debate) but because WOW, WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT FORM? Not to mention that I managed to dress matchy matchy with Jim. MAJOR POINT.
The other group came and the next day was jeeping. Which was awesome. As for the elimidate portion of jeeping, all I’m going to say is that I turned my back for two seconds -- TWO SECONDS - and the girls filled the three spots in Jim’s jeep. Elimination by distraction! But does it count if Jim himself didn’t do the eliminating?
We had the jeeps for the majority of the day. I’ve never been before and it was different than I imagined it would be. It was so much fun and I can’t wait to do it again. By the time we got the jeeps back in town and washed off we were all pretty worn out. But here’s the thing – the night before we had tried to make it out to a place called Dead Horse Point to watch the sunset but it hadn’t worked out. We really wanted to go so we raced up there and made it just in time for the last little bit of the sunset. The scenery was almost surreal and it was the perfect ending to the day. Except for the party going on by us. ANOTHER SIDENOTE: if you’re wanting to celebrate your birthday with a little booze and you’re trying to find a good place to go, maybe a steep and deadly cliff shouldn’t even be an option. I don’t know, just a suggestion.
The next morning the two groups split again. Group #2 did the Arches hikes that we did on Friday so we just woke up, cleaned up camp, and headed home. With one quick stop for challenge #6: stealing rocks. What’s the status of the elimidate? Well, at one point during the day Hilda switched jeeps and was considered eliminated. And then Rebecca made the mistake of getting out of the jeep to look at something which thereby caused her elimination. That left Miriam as #1. Or so she thought. Yeah, just let her get comfortable and then … TWIST! JIM BRINGS US ALL BACK! So for challenge #6 we all collected awesome rocks for Jim’s yard and everyone got points. TIE.
Challenge #1: The drive. Who’s gonna be the first to give up and ask Jim to stop for a bathroom break? Ordinarily this is my role in road trips, but not this time. It’s a competition. I prepped by not drinking ANYTHING before or during the drive. Turns out all four girls made it the entire way without begging to stop. TIE.
Challenge #2: The snake. There was a mysterious snake slithering across the railroad tracks. If Jim grabs it by the tail who is willing to touch it? Me and Rebecca. Point and point. Extra point for me for telling my story about the time I ate rattlesnake.
Challenge #3: The tunnel. Who’s gonna chicken out and not brave the 1.5ish miles through the railroad tunnel? Everyone pulled through. TIE. An extension of this challenge would have been in the instance of a train running through the tunnel at the same time. Jump to the side, lay crouched down facing the wall, and cover your head. I would have rocked this one, I just know it. But no train. SIDENOTE: When reading graffiti on the inside of a railroad tunnel, be sure to read it in your head before doing so aloud. Otherwise you might chance reading something really off color to the entire group and not realize it’s inappropriate until the very end. Which can be funny and embarrassing at the same time.
Challenge #4: Hiking. Who needs Jim’s help when climbing up steep rocks? And would that be a point given for needing his help or a point taken away? Not certain. I’ll admit – I needed help. But in my defense, I’m still recovering from my running stuff so I get a waiver. My rules.
Challenge #5: Shooting. Jim brought his pistol. Who can hit the target? I’m pretty sure I got some points on this one, not necessarily because I hit the target (that’s up for debate) but because WOW, WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT FORM? Not to mention that I managed to dress matchy matchy with Jim. MAJOR POINT.
The other group came and the next day was jeeping. Which was awesome. As for the elimidate portion of jeeping, all I’m going to say is that I turned my back for two seconds -- TWO SECONDS - and the girls filled the three spots in Jim’s jeep. Elimination by distraction! But does it count if Jim himself didn’t do the eliminating?
We had the jeeps for the majority of the day. I’ve never been before and it was different than I imagined it would be. It was so much fun and I can’t wait to do it again. By the time we got the jeeps back in town and washed off we were all pretty worn out. But here’s the thing – the night before we had tried to make it out to a place called Dead Horse Point to watch the sunset but it hadn’t worked out. We really wanted to go so we raced up there and made it just in time for the last little bit of the sunset. The scenery was almost surreal and it was the perfect ending to the day. Except for the party going on by us. ANOTHER SIDENOTE: if you’re wanting to celebrate your birthday with a little booze and you’re trying to find a good place to go, maybe a steep and deadly cliff shouldn’t even be an option. I don’t know, just a suggestion.
The next morning the two groups split again. Group #2 did the Arches hikes that we did on Friday so we just woke up, cleaned up camp, and headed home. With one quick stop for challenge #6: stealing rocks. What’s the status of the elimidate? Well, at one point during the day Hilda switched jeeps and was considered eliminated. And then Rebecca made the mistake of getting out of the jeep to look at something which thereby caused her elimination. That left Miriam as #1. Or so she thought. Yeah, just let her get comfortable and then … TWIST! JIM BRINGS US ALL BACK! So for challenge #6 we all collected awesome rocks for Jim’s yard and everyone got points. TIE.
So who won? Good question. The elimidate started with 4 and was whittled down to …. 4. I think Jim just got selfish.
Here’s a slideshow of pictures you can watch if your eyes aren’t already burning from reading this freakishly long post.
5 comments:
Wow, is Jim the lucky guy!
Great pictures! Looks like a blast.
Those are some awesome pictures!!! Lucky Jim, does he know how lucky he is? I want to know what was written on the wall in the tunnel! But maybe just email it to me, no need to post your mistaken profanities! :)
I loved the pictures. Riding up and down steep hills in a jeep sure does look fun. Funny thing, I don't see your helmet.....
Well, Jessifer, I just caught up on your whole blogitty blog. Loved it (always do). I'm due for a visit to your new big-girl house. And when I say big, it is not an implication of size, but maturity. ;)
I still love all the photos displaying Jim's uncanny ability of taking great self-portraits with "something really good" in the background! How does he do it?...oh yeah, it's his freakishly long arms ;)
BTW, thanks for including at least one pic with me in it. Proof that I was there (even if it was for less than 24 hours).
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