back to moab brand

 On Sunday (sunny and eventually in the 60s), we waited until 10 a.m. for it to warm up so we could ride at Moab Brand Trails.  The parking lot was as busy as we've seen it since COVID-19 but, surprisingly, the trails were not that busy.  The one exception was Lazy-EZ: lots of families with little kids on it because of the name and the fact that it's right there in front; however, it is clearly signed as "not that lazy and not that easy" and I wish more families with little kids would take that to heart.

We got a sign.  It's friggin' awesome

Still, it was a good ride: the front half of Lazy-EZ to Rusty Spur, to Bar M loop, to the doubletrack portion of Bar B out to the Arches National Park boundary and back, then continuing around Bar M to the cut-off that brought us to the back half Of Lazy-EZ, then climbing up the parking lot cut-off back to Bar M to continue that all the way around (12.93 miles).

M watching as H and Derek talk bikes

Sunday's search for Crystal: we took Milton to the Spitfire, where we talked with the locals, including Derek, who works at GearHeads, and Scott, newly promoted as the Spitfire's manager (but we know him from drinking at Woody's).  We asked him if he knew where Crystal went but he didn't.  Some little while later, the bartender got a phone call and nodded, looking over at us: "Scott says Crystal is at the Blu Pig."  We took the long way home, stopping by the Blu Pig (and noting Scott's car parked out front).  H ducked into the bar and there was Scott, having dinner at the bar and talking with Crystal.  "I hear you've been lookin' for me," she said.  

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