Off Day

Today we stayed in Moab and rested for the most part. First thing in the morning, we rode the 2 miles out of town to Arches. We decided to make the 1.5 mile (each way) trip hike to Delicate Arch early to avoid the heat. 1.5 miles may not seem like much, but the way out there is all uphill and not gently either. This was our exercise for the trip, and man am I glad it’s over. We found that we like shade an awful lot and that rocks not baking in the sun are cool the way that the toilet is cool when you’re barfing in it. Of course the scenery was fantastic and climbing on rocks brings out the 10 year old in me. Michael was actually sitting on a rock ledge over at least a 150 foot drop, getting even more over the heights fear.

There’s a small “ranch” at the trailhead’s entrance. Michael remarked that we lock people up in rooms about the size of the one this family lived in. The thought occurred to me that all these poor kids in these one room ranches had to be sleeping in the same room when their parents were creating siblings for them. Bleah.

So we went from there to double arch and did some more climbing around and spending as much time in the shade as we could. On the way out, we were admonished by an officer of the law for speeding. He didn’t actually stop me, he was in the oncoming lane, and hit the lights and actually wagged his finger at me. That’s about as hardass as I want a cop to be.

The rest of the day was laundry and swimming and not much else.

Tomorrow we’re heading to Bryce and maybe pop by Canyonlands for a little bit.

Pigment Quotient – Heading into scary california tanning bed junkie on the arms. The head is evening out some.