Marvelous Moab

Today was Moab and it was spectacular. I rose before the sun with frozen feet. Instead of lay around and waste precious time here while waiting for the others to rise I took a spin into town. Surprising amounts of activity at 6:30am. I enjoyed the atmosphere, the feeling, the people, their pets, and watching sun's good morning greeting.

After a few games of life-size chess and checkers and eating breakfast I set out on the "big ride". Today's goal was 50 miles.

First I rode the scenic byway that runs along the Colorado River. Beautiful road, rocks, river, beautiful everything. After 30 miles of that I headed out to Arches National Park...the part I had anxiously been waiting for. In Arches I rode 26 more miles, talked with a fellow biker as we rode, pondered the goodness of people and the purity of souls, met a really cool guy named Lee (he is currently living my dream), hiked Delicate Arch,

had a couple shots of Fireball at the top, and I swear Ansel Adams was up there (that is in no way related to the Fireball).

*Ansel Adams?

Tomorrow will bring more hikes in Arches and I very much look forward to that. For now my legs are screaming, hips are aching, and hands are cold...Marmot Eco-Lite and I are gonna get cozy! Good night Moab.