split decisions

At this point, H was hankering for a road ride (we'd finally been clever enough to realize that even with the two MTBs on the bike rack, we could put his road bike in the bed of the truck).  Moab has recently finished all the connectors of the paved bike path so you can ride - off the street - from Rotary Park to Route 313.  So once things dried up after the overnight rain, he rode 21.02 miles.  

Cute little cacti

Milton and I are not road cyclists so we walked to the Jackson Street trailhead for the Pipedream Trail.  We went north-to-south (opposite of the recommended MTBing direction), hiking from the Jackson entry to the Hidden Valley trailhead and back again.  Milt is actually very good about staying on singletrack trails UNLESS he sees a critter (squirrel, rabbit) and then all bets are off.  I did about eight miles, including the walks home/trailhead and trailhead/home, but I would imagine that the dog did around twelve.  He is impressively fit for being a weekend warrior.

The next day was clear and rather cold in the morning.  The three of us did a 4+ mile town walk on the Millcreek parkway.  Then we packed up sandwiches, beers and books and books and drove up to the Slickrock trailhead parking lot at the Sand Flats.  We set up camp in the middle of the parking lot and enjoyed the afternoon sunshine.  Milton also enjoyed a fair amount of attention as a cute dirtbike chick and a couple of MTB dudes came over to give him some pets.