day 17

we awoke and packed up, waiting for evan's aunt and uncle to come pick us up. we'd like to thank the dalton family for taking us in the past couple of days and being so kind. evan finally got a hold of his family that lives here in cedar city and we went back to their place to get settled in. the beaulieu family is great! ron, evan's uncle, has done some bike touring along california's coast when he was younger so we were swapping stories of our adventures. michelle, evan's aunt, is a lot of fun and took us in like we were one of her own. all of evan's 5 cousins are super fun and nice too. they live a little ways out of town on a bunch of land where they have an atv course. we all headed up to three peaks to go hiking and climbing on these rocks. tried to catch lizards, played floor is lava, and just ran amok. after awhile we built up an appetite to dig in to the feast that michelle had for us back home: chicken, steak, pork, biscuits, watermelon, potato salad, corn, and so much more! they are spoiling us with such awesome food. we feasted for awhile then we headed up the mountain to hike along the river at sunset. just a great day. since it is going to take a couple of days to get evan's back wheel ordered and shipped here we decided to try and go camp in zion national park which is south an hour or so for a couple of days. so that is what we are up to; playing the waiting game but luckily with some great people!