yesterday, we departed from moab (to a cozy new campground with full hookups and fast internet AND cable). but, i will now reflect on the random miscellaneous memories of the second two weeks of our time in moab. before we left our actual campground campsite, i made everyone take one last bath/shower. then the girls, […]
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canyonlands last hurrah.grand view point overlook.
on our last full day in moab, we hit up canyonlands for a final hike at grand view point overlook. it’s all the way at the end of the park road and offers some seriously amazing panoramic views of the park. the hiker kids. and a mom. (the tiny person wasn’t feeling well). on our […]
moab adventures with friends.
in the grand tetons we met a new fun family and we made fast friends. we realized we were scheduled to be at glacier at the same time a few weeks later. then we went our separate ways for a bit, but last sunday, they rolled in (like a BUNCH of hours out of their […]
arches national park.landscape and skyline arch
this past saturday (i’m catching up!!), the weather was fabulous and we made our triumphant return to devil’s garden in arches to hike out to the landscape arch. the previous weekends thunderstorm debacle was still fresh in everyone’s mind, and isaac informed me that he would not go if there was a single cloud in […]
girls only canyonland camping trip.
ok. so canyonlands is basically divided into three parts, separated by the colorado and green rivers. to the north, is the island in the sky district, which has a lot of short hikes and overlooks, and is where we had gone for all of our adventures up until now. to the west is the maze […]
canyonlands.upheaval dome and whale rock.
our campsite on public land is closer to canyonlands than our full hookup site in moab, so once we were settled back in to our dusty, desert boondocking spot, we wasted no time in returning for a day of hiking and exploring. we chose a few morning hikes and hit up the western side of […]
last weekend’s attempts at adventure in moab.
taking things back to last weekend for this blog post. like 10 days ago or so. when derek finished up work on friday, we set out to find some adventure. he had it on good authority from a friend that an even more epic place to explore was on some blm land just north of […]
first two weeks of moab randomness.
its time for another round of “pictures i take when we aren’t on an adventure.” this post will cover our first two weeks in moab, dating back to our departure from salt lake city. at first, we planned to stay at a spot between SLC and moab, boondocking in the middle of nowhere, basically. the […]
arches national park.fiery furnace hike.
when we were first researching arches national park, i read about the fiery furnace hike, which can only be done with a permit or on a ranger led tour, and i knew i had to do it. it’s basically a giant playground of canyons, crevices, fins, arches and scrambles. there’s no mapped trails, so it’s […]
arches national park.delicate arch hike
delicate arch is the most recognizable of all of the arches in arches national park. it’s on the utah license plate. it is in half of the logos of businesses in moab. we had already visited the viewpoint, but we were saving the hike to get up close and personal for a day when derek […]