Our weekends in Utah are numbered. We've spent this month trying to do some "Utah Favorites" and use up Ryan's remaining vacation.
We spent Memorial Day weekend in Moab, Utah. This little town gave us easy access to Arches National Park and Canyonlands National Park. Ryan spent some time here back in September and I went down and enjoyed for a weekend back then. It was nice to revisit with a little more time and some of the sights in mind. We were able to hike to the iconic Delicate Arch (its featured on out license plates!) and see several other arches in both parks. We ate at some good restaurants, our favorite being a burger joint called "Milt's."
We also hiked "Behind the Rocks," to a canyon with a few areas requiring us to wade through water. At the beginning of the canyon I found myself unable to get over a boulder that was blocking the path, after trying, crying, and trying again we decided to just turn back. Luckily there was a guided tour coming up behind us. With some encouragement from their guide, I was able to get over the rock and continue on.
Knowing that there was water in this canyon, I wore my bathing suit bottoms under my shorts. We had to stop and put our clothes in a dry bag and bite the bullet. It was awkward and uncomfortable to negotiate around a log that was wedged between the walls. It didn't help that I saw a spider on it right before I was supposed to climb over it to jump in. My dear sweet Ryan obliged, even while freezing in waist deep stagnant water, and flicked it away for me. I half jumped/half fell into the water and in a few seconds the water was behind us. We dried off pretty fast in the heat and finished off the canyon with a few rappels.
On the walk out we saw some ATVs driving over some crazy rocks and ridges. It looked really fun, someday we will rent one and try it out.
The weekend before we hiked in Zion National Park. This is a special place for us because its where we got engaged in 2009.
We hiked up Angel's Landing and enjoyed some beautiful sweeping panoramas from the summit. There were a bunch of chipmunks running around at the top. We also walked along the river, hiked up to Hidden Canyon, and walked through the freezing waters of Kanarra Canyon. It was a great weekend. My favorite park was going to St. George in the evenings and seeing the sunset from Pioneer Park.
A few weeks before this we also got in a quick jaunt to Wendover, NV and won $60 at the Montego Bay casino, and hung out at the salt flats of a bit.
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