Tag: Moab
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Finally!
After nearly a month in Moab, we finally made a successful exit on Monday the 17th. Crazy! Sunday the 16th was our last night at our wonderful Lone Mesa Road campsite. It was also the night of the Hunter’s Supermoon… which would have been awesome except for those 50mph wind gusts. Yeah. They get some…
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Adventures of the senior dog
Sometimes I wonder if Elvis actually is going senile… or if he’s really just super smart. Most nights now, Elvis the senior dog sleeps up in the tent with us. Michael carries him up and down the ladder. This is, in fact, the opposite of what we want. How did it begin? Well, his first…
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My kind of town
I have often said that it’s too bad Moab is in the middle of the desert. If I thought I could handle the summers, I would have pushed Michael to move here years ago. But the summers here are awful – weeks of 100 degrees. Not my idea of a good time. So spring and fall…
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Getting to Moab
After riding Grand Targhee we made tracks for Park City, UT. We spent a night at a lovely site outside of Swan Valley, ID, and then pressed on. We did stop briefly in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, for a shower and soak at their public hot springs. $6 per person. I almost fell over at…
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Finally, some mountain biking!
The sun continued to shine on us here in the desert, so we packed up camp and headed for the KlonZo trailhead. Located just east of the Sovereign Trail, this network of trails was created in 2012 and is just for mountain bikers. Michael has ridden KlonZo before but this was a new trail for…
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Adventures with dogs
We’ve made the decision to travel with our dogs whenever possible. Since Michael and I are the outdoorsy types, it’s fun to plan our travels with them in mind. Sometimes they are the monkey in the wrench, though. We set out for Moab on a bright, sunny Monday morning. Everything was…