one of our favorites

 On Wednesday, since we had the truck fixed and back, we went over to Amasa Back for a hike (after H did his road ride: 22.61 miles; 1:15:31 time; 17.9 m.p.h. average speed; 28.2 m.p.h. top speed).  It isn't that long and it isn't that hard and it isn't that far away, but it's gorgeous and fun and never that overrun with people - all of which combines to make it one of our favorite hikes.

Dunno what this is, but very small and very hardy

We did our usual route - up the Hymasa singletrack to the Jackson's Hole overlook/Capt. Ahab intersection and then down via the Cliffhanger 4x4 road.  We were a little surprised not to see any jeeps or side-by-sides, although those folks don't tend to get as early a start as the hikers/MTBers; and we only saw a handful of MTBers.  Of course, weekends are much, much busier.

Yucca

Hike stats: 6:15 miles; 2:01 time/3.0 m.p.h. moving; 2:15/2.7 overall; 850' elevation

These have a light, pleasant fragrance 

Oh!  We also did some MTBing once the truck was available.  We still didn't want to drive too far, so we went to Moab Brand trails twice: on Tuesday afternoon (12.02; 1:22:00; 8.7; 21.9) and Friday morning (12.71; 1:24:00; 9.1; 19.8).  Milton was getting some cumulative fatigue so we didn't bring him either time.  Temperatures were just about perfect and it was never too crowded on the trails.  And although I didn't get any photos, the Sego lilies (Utah's state wildflower) were all over the place on the back half/downhill portion of Lazy EZ - gorgeous!