no, seriously, it's really nice to see the sun

Saturday was even nicer.  Once it warmed up, we put H's MTB in the Subaru (sure would be easier if I would just get a hitch put on there so we could use the bike rack) and drove out to Moab Brand Trails, Milton unhappily sitting on my lap.  It was busy - well over forty vehicles - and the Moab Trail Ambassadors had their table set up, ready to educate the masses about Leave No Trace and trail etiquette.  We were pleased to see that there were folks talking with them, taking advantage of their local knowledge.

Milton's swimming pool was open

While H did his MTB route, Milt and I headed out onto our usual loop: up and over the cutoff from the parking lot to Bar M, right on Bar M to Circle O, left on Circle O back to Bar M, left on Bar M back to the parking lot cut off.  I don't know where all the people from all those vehicles were: we saw one trail runner with dog and one MTBer on Bar M, and while we heard voices when we were out on the rock, we had Circle O all to ourselves.  

Shake it off

We've done it enough that Milton knows the route. He loves it out there, especially on Circle O, where he ran and ran and ran (and swam) and covered a lot of ground.  I think I did around five miles (give or take) and he easily doubled my distance.  H caught back up with us as we were heading back to the parking lot cutoff; the dog promptly abandoned me to run back with the bike.  Back at the car, he was pretty tired - but not so tired as to be unable to introduce himself to the kids parked next to us as they unloaded their MTBs.

All kinds of Jeeps in town for Safari

Sunday was even nicer, one of those unicorn days in southern Utah where it's warm in the sun but not at all hot.  I was strangely feeling the need to pull some weeds so while I did that, H and Milton went back to Moab Brand Trails with H's MTB.  Milt gave it his best shot but he had clearly overdone it the day before: he managed to trot along with the bike for seven miles but with two miles to go, he'd just had it.  They were on the downhill portion of Lazy-EZ and H said that they were getting passed by little girls on pink bikes and little tiny dogs.  How embarrassing!