Moab

Jason and I spent the weekend in Moab. I, the person from Utah, had never been. While Jason, from Ohio, has been multiple times. I'm pretty sure Jason has seen more of Utah than I have, it's kinda sad. It was a good weekend. We camped on Thursday night then stayed in a hotel for the other two nights. One night of camping is good enough for me.

We spent Friday in Arches National Park. We wanted to get an earlier start to try and avoid some of the heat. We still ended up hiking in about 100 degree heat. We started with the hike up to Delicate Arch. The map said it was 3 miles round trip, I thought "Oh that's not too bad." No one told me it was a straight incline the entire time. I'm chubby and out of shape, it wasn't pretty. I did more huffing and puffing than the Big Bad Wolf. I did a lot of apologizing for my pathetic self to Jason. But I wasn't going to let all the old people pass me up.

It was awesome once we got up there.

We took another hike/walk to Landscape Arch after some lunch. I didn't take my backpack so Jason has all those pictures. 

Saturday we went to Dead Horse Point and Canyonlands National Park. A nice easy day in the car with the A/C. Which was perfect since I was sore and sunburned. 

Dead Horse Point. It's a pretty cool canyon. Hard to do it justice with a point and shoot camera, but you get the idea.

We found a friend.

I love these trees. I don't remember what they are called but they just look so cool.

Canyonlands. This arch was pretty big if you could see if from the other side.

Overall it was a really fun weekend. Full of sun, heat, sweat, laughs and good food. Oh and a birthday boy. I'm sure we'll make another trip to Moab in the future. Maybe when it's a little cooler outside and I'm in better shape.