Day 14

Day 14: 7/2/10

Start: Moab, UT
End: Moab, UT

Today's miles: 128
Total miles: 2,876

Marriage status: Good.

Today's notes:

Well first of all I should say that whatever Tomme did to my bike seems to have worked. I had no problems with it heating up, even in 90 degree weather today. So we didn't have to drive it to Grand Junction, and we got to stick to our plan to stay in Moab.

So we spent our time in Moab today by starting off in Canyonlands National Park. There we took a look at Upheaval Dome, which was interesting in that the way this rock was formed. Scientist are not sure how it got to be the way it is. Think the mystery of stone henge, but it's not how people got it that way, but how nature did. Then we drove to a scenic overlook in the park that had a great view of the Colorado River and the surrounding canyon.

Then we headed out of the park drove downtown so we could spend the heat of the day in shops and in a restaurant for lunch. You have to love air conditioning. We did not have the best waiter at lunch (he was busy with the world cup on tv), but the food hit the spot.

In the evening we headed over to Arches National Park, where we took a short hike to see Landscape Arch. Finally night fell and we were at our campsite only to find that a decent amount of sand had made it's way into the tent, another thing I am familiar with in Moab. But we dusted stuff off, made dinner, and went to bed. We did try the brownie in a bag recipe again with our camp stove and apparently third time is a charm because it turned out perfect.

Also as a side note, Tomme and I both noticed bruising to our arms in the shower this morning secondary to yesterday's hail.

Mediocre tip: Don't drive a motorcycle at all in a hail storm.

Mediocre tip: if you are a server at a restaurant, not writing the orders done does not impress me, getting the order right does. I can say these things because I have been a server.


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