Twilight Live – Zion, Utah – by Tonya

After a bonkers night in Moab, we headed to Arches National Park. We told Kris to take us to the arches, meaning McDonalds for breakfast, but we ended up in a weird desert with what Ali referred to as, “just a bunch of holes in rocks.” Despite our initial hesitation to venture out, we ended up having a major fun and memorable hike. Along the way, I mentioned how funny it was that Crystal and Ali were both wearing “Late Night” T-shirts. What follows is the dialogue from there:
“I like yours.” - Ali
“Thanks, I stole this one.” – Crystal
“Hey, I used to have a shirt like that.” – Rachel
Pause.
“Um, I think I stole this from Lauren…or you.” – Crystal
Arches was simply breathtaking. When I criticized Crystal on her on foot stance on the mountain, she responded with, “Well, apparently, you’ve never rock climbed before.” This commanded an eruption of laughter because Crystal is allergic to nature and all outdoor activities. She decided to pretend she was filming a workout video by doing some crunches on the rocks.

I spent some quality time with the only male in the universe who could put up with a car load of girls for so many days. Despite so much eye rolling from him that I am beginning to become concerned that his eye balls may permanently dislodge from their sockets, I think he secretly enjoys it.

We were all huge fans of north window but were a little underwhelmed by south window.
Crystal stopped to read about how the arches are formed: “That’s a cool story. I don’t believe it, but it’s cool.” We drove through desert for miles and miles. Then we hit Zion National Park. This night was Mexican Fiesta night and got accordingly out of control. We were fresh off the second viewing of Twilight and, once we found a tiny amphitheater in the woods, we decided to recreate some of our favorite scenes from the movie. The video footage we have is epic and long but what follows is my favorite. If you have not seen the movie, the spot on impressions might not be amusing, but to us, it has been the source of infinite laughter. Crystal wants it to be said that she disapproves of the posting of this video mainly because of the prop make-up and pure and basic lack of hygiene. The rest of us think it is comedy gold.
Then we decided to interpret some signs that were written in another language.



At nightfall in Zion, a real show kicked us out of the amphitheater so we stayed to watch a kid oriented live feature called “He’s not Heavy, He’s my Dinner.” After learning how animals eat each other for food, the hostess asked the crowd what our favorite salad was. This was met with mostly silence except for Crystal, in the very back row who responded rather huskily, “Cesear!” The hostess replied with, “Thanks, dad.” We were all so shocked at how the lady thought Crystal was a man that Ali and Rachel had to sprint immediately to the campground while Crystal and I doubled over in a silent church laugh. We could hear Ali and Rachel re-telling the story to Kris and laughing all the way from the theater. When Crystal and I walked back to the campground, we were met by an elk! It was an amazing site to see in the dark and then we all enjoyed a glorious campfire and music. This was the first night we would get scolded for being too loud for the site but, no matter, it was brilliant fun. On to Vegas! Stay tuned for many blooper reels from this night.