last day, better weather

Lo and behold - when we woke up Tuesday morning, it wasn't raining!  It was cloudy, however.  We packed up, gassed up, caffeined up and headed to the MOAB Brand Trails, which is our usual stop for one last MTB before heading home.  H had to do some bike maintenance before we hit the trails - the incessant damp over the last few days had put superficial rust on our chains and pedals. 

OMG the sun

Once cleaned up, we got our wheels in the dirt (not nearly as wet as you might think, given all the rain) around 9:30 a.m.  We did our Rusty Spur/Bar M loop twice and mostly had the place to ourselves, despite +/- 20 cars in the parking lot.  We saw the sun for about ten minutes before it clouded back up and cooled down again.

Chillin' post-ride

Post-ride, we dallied in the parking lot for a bit, watching MTBers, dogs and built-out Sprinter vans.  Then we hit the road, getting to Ray's Tavern for a late lunch of veggie burgers, hand-cut fries and beers.  The fries were so good we had to get an extra order of them. 

OMG the fries

We got back home around 6 p.m.  There was snow all around in the mountains as we had driven north but we never had to drive through any ourselves.  As much as we love the desert (and we do, even when it's soggy), snow in them thar hills is always a welcome sight.

Heading north, past the Book Cliffs