pritchett

Per usual, behind on posting after a long Moab weekend.  At least I'm consistent.  We got out of Dodge (SLC) Thursday afternoon before the MLK Jr. long weekend.  Traffic was light heading to Moab and the roads were clear and dry, because it has been a not particularly snowy January thus far.  (The commuter in me delights in this; the person who likes to shower and drink water and do laundry and keep the trees in my yard alive is slightly stressed by it.  We've still got a lot of winter ahead, though.)

Winter in Pritchett Canyon

Friday morning was gorgeous, with clear blue skies.  It was also quite cold, in the teens Fahrenheit, and so Milton and I waited until after 10 to go for our hike.  It had warmed up to the almost upper-20s F by then.  We left H behind to deal with some work stuff (although he did manage to get out for a town walk) and drove out the Kane Creek road to the OHV trailer lot, just after the pavement ends.  Once we were in Pritchett Canyon proper, I let the dog off leash - we had the place completely to ourselves, with no worries about 4-wheelers coming up on us.  

Look. At. That. Sky.

My plan, such as it was (not really much of a "plan"), was just to walk about an hour or so to see how far we'd get and then go back.  We followed the road on the way out and since there wasn't any wind, it was actually pretty pleasant in the sun.  To make things interesting, we stuck to the wash on the way back.  We saw literally no one until we got back to the car: some folks had parked right next to us so Milt was able to introduce himself.

That afternoon, H and I strolled to Woody's for a couple of beers and then strolled home.   Dinner was soup and the evening entertainment was reading on the couch to whatever excellent radio show was on KZMU.

Stats: A and M hike: 6.67 miles; H town walk: 3.89 miles; A and H roundtrip to Woody's: 1.5 miles; soup: lentil.