the air was full of sound

One more MTB, back at Moab Brand trails.  It was actually cold in the morning so H delayed his road ride to 7 a.m., as opposed to 6.  We thus got to the trailhead around 10:30 and found it sunny, the clearest day we'd had, and not very windy.  There were around twenty cars in the lot but we only saw five folks out on the trail.  We did our usual loop and, once again, I managed to ride a rollover that had been plaguing me for quite a while.  The sego lilies were now out in force up on Lazy EZ and the Copper Ridge road area, despite not having been apparent a week ago.

Sandy, but we were on foot so that was okay

The next day, after H's road ride, we took Milton for a hike at the Moab Rim.  H did confess that he wasn't sure how long he'd be able to be out for, given all the miles he's put on his legs lately.  But we did the whole lollipop: up the Staircase, out counterclockwise up and over Tire Test Hill, down Sand Hill and out through the wash, and returning down the 4x4 road to the truck. 

Milt found himself a pothole

It was a gorgeous morning, clear with a slight breeze, and starting to warm up on the descent.  We saw only a handful of other hikers out there but as we paused for post-hike beers, there was a fair amount of entertainment: three side-by-sides successfully going up the Moab Rim trail and one side-by-side attempting to go up, but then thinking better of it.

Truth

We returned to Woody's one more time, via Schwinn cruiser and longboard, and then had a very pleasant firepit under the light of the full moon.  The next morning, before we had to head back north, H did his longest road ride to date.  And then we bid farewell to the desert.

Shadow-boarding

Ride stats: 12.83 miles; 1:25:00 hours; 9.0 m.p.h. average speed; 23.0 H's max speed

Hike stats: 5:47 miles; 2:02 hours/2.7 m.p.h. moving; 2:07/2.6 overall; 1,350' elevation

Additional ride stats:  26.22, 28.10 and 30.49 mile road rides.  Beast!