Both H's and my work recognize the Juneteenth holiday so OF COURSE we took advantage and made it into a long weekend in Moab. It had been three (!) weeks (!!) since we'd been down there and the heat had kicked into high summer gear in the meantime; the water had evaporated from the toilet bowls (!!!). We knew it was going to be really hot for a couple of days, and then really windy, and then a cold front was going to roll in and make things really crazy, so we planned accordingly. This meant going to Woody's as soon as we got down there Wednesday evening, getting out of the house whilst the A/C cooled things down.
On Thursday, the holiday and the hottest day (104F) of the long weekend, Milton and A did an early morning hike (4 miles) at Millcreek. Like, getting there a little after 6 a.m. early. It was still warm, not really having cooled down overnight, but that time of morning, our route is almost all shaded, so it was actually fairly pleasant. The creek is still flowing up there - before getting diverted and going dry through town - so Milton got to splash and wade. H also took advantage of the relatively cool early morning temperatures to go for a 3 mile trail run on Pipe Dream. That trail is not shaded in the morning, by the way.
A and H then did a road ride on the bike path: 21 miles for A, who turned around at the entrance to Arches, and 24+ for H, who continued up the hill a little further. This would end up being the only road ride for A - it got too windy - although the vintage Schwinn did get taken out for some errands.
Saturday looked very similar to Thursday: a Millcreek four-miler for A and M; nearly five miles trail run for H; and then a shortened, twelve mile road ride for H. It was not quite so hot (only high 90s) but it was very windy, and of course it always seems to be a headwind and never a tailwind.
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