Another Thanksgiving in Moab has come and gone. We didn't break any new ground but we did cover a fair bit of ground, so that's good. We drove down Tuesday night and the weather was ... not great. It was raining and spitting snow basically from Spanish Fork to Moab but we really lucked out in that there wasn't any snow accumulation - not even slush - on the roads. And because we drove down Tuesday, the traffic wasn't that bad. When we got to Moab, we caught up with our neighbor over beers while the house warmed up: she confirmed that it had rained all day. The puddles and the wet trails throughout the weekend confirmed that.
But then the storm system moved out, faster than expected - it was supposed to have dropped 2-3 feet of snow in the Utah mountains but hit Colorado instead - and we had gorgeous (and cold) weather for the holiday. On Wednesday, we had trail time on Pipedream (3.4 miles for A; 4.15 miles for H and M) and bar time at Woody's, where it was a very local crowd. Thursday, H and M did another six miles on Pipedream and then we all did a Middle Earth hike, away from the holiday crowds.
By Friday we were up for triple sessioning: a return to Delicate Arch for A and H (3.7 miles), then up to Sand Flats so Milton could get some trail time too (3.1 miles), then over to Josie Wyatt's ($2/PBRs). Saturday morning we braved the mid 20s F cold and did an early morning Moab Rim hike, stomping up the "Moab Stairmaster" trail and then out to the overhead arch off the jeep road. We went back down the 4x4 road, pausing to watch a couple of Jeeps navigating the Devil's Crack obstacle - nerve-wracking, that.
And that was about it. Unsure about the holiday traffic, we left early Sunday morning. The sun was out, the roads were clear and the traffic was actually light, so we made good time getting back to SLC. And now it's December - how is that even possible?
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