We were able to take a little road trip last weekend down to Manti and the Mormon Miracle Pageant. This is the first year we have gone since having kids, and I was greatful that it went pretty well. At least as far as the kids it went well at least. It was one of those trips that was riddled with small mishaps from start to finish. We decided that we would go down with the trailer so that we didn't have to come back so late at night. We didn't even get the trailer out of the yard before the mishaps started. We almost had the trailer out of the yard when the back end caught the last fence post. Unfortunately, the trailer got the worst of it. Don't you love our patch job to keep the rain out that just screams, "LOOK WHAT I DID!"
We also backed the ball of the hitch into the tongue of the trailer, but luckily that time there was no damage. We stayed in Nephi on Friday night then headed to Manti on Saturday. As we were leaving the RV park a gentleman saw that we had forgotten to raise the jack all the way and luckily stopped us before we got out onto the main road. It wasn't until we got to Manti that we realized that we left our yellow cone jack stand in Nephi. We were grateful we had some extra cut railroad ties we could use in place of the stand we left behind. It had been raining all weekend so we went to Walmart to get some ponchos and a tarp, and the last poncho sold out to the customer right in front of me. Of course!! We were blessed that in the end the weather for the pageant was clear. Brigham fell asleep on the walk to the pageant and stayed asleep until the next morning. Takara fell asleep half way through it and also fell asleep in the stroller on the walk back. I thought she was just having fun, but this is how I found her once we got back to camp, and she was totally asleep!!
Once we got home we jack knifed the trailer half way through the gate and the tail light of the car hit the front of the trailer and bent the metal on the front of the trailer. Luckily there was no damage to the tail light. Can you tell we are beginners when it comes to trailers. It then took us an hour to get the trailer backed into the back yard properly. I must say in our defense that the gate in the fence is not very wide and the trailer has to go over the curb and then over the grass and through the small gate which is not much wider than the trailer. We have decided the gate needs to be widened. It is like threading a needle to get it in the yard. While I was helping Dev back the trailer in, I was standing outside and not only did it rain on me, but it hailed pea-sized hail on me then marble-sized hail. Let me tell you that I looked FAB-U-LOUS once we finally got the trailer in. Here are a few more pictures from our trip.
Takara's breakfast of Champions - eggs, hashbrowns, pancakes, and Trix cereal
Happy Camper :)
Mommy & Takara - Subway sandwiches
Manti Temple
