The next few days just flew by. Wednesday Milton was still recovering from his activities earlier in the week (running off-leash and chasing lizards is lots harder than poky ol' on-leash walks), so H did his four mile trail run solo while A went grocery shopping. Then we repeated the 21 mile bike ride, and A did a 3.5 mile town walk, including checking out the for-sale books at the county library, and then coaxed Milton out for a stroll around the neighborhood. H made pasta salad for dinner and finally finished his jigsaw puzzle. We had intended another firepit but some rain moved through and we just ended up putting all the outside furniture back into the garage to keep it dry.
Thursday morning found H back on the trail for a run (4 miles) and A and M in town for a walk (3/5 miles). It was a simply gorgeous day and A and H enjoyed their late morning bike ride quite a lot, although we did notice that the bike path was getting busier as we approached the weekend. When we got back from our ride, we threw picnic stuff and the dog into the truck and headed back down the river road to our favorite picnic spot above the Colorado River. No BASE jumpers and just a few folks out on the river. That evening we were lucky enough to catch up with our friends and former Moab neighbors, N and L, back in town for a wedding.
On Friday, all three of us did a Millcreek Canyon hike (4 miles). We met a couple of nice dogs and spied a raven's nest, which was cool; the creek is very low, which is not quite so. A and H then did their by-now regular bike ride (still more bike path traffic but not too windy). After that we grabbed sandwiches, beer and Milton and drove up to the Slickrock Trailhead for lunch, purchasing our season pass on the way. We talked with a bunch of MTBers up there - the trailhead was the busiest we've seen in months.
After cleaning up at home, A and H walked to Swanny Park to check out the first Arts & Ag[riculture] market of the season. It was pretty small - not much ag is ready for sale in Utah in May - so after a quick circuit, we headed back. H suggested that we stop in at Josie Wyatt's "for just one" so of course we ended up talking to some tourists from Mississippi and also S, an acquaintance of ours whom we hadn't seen for some time. S was headed over to a house party and invited us; we stopped by our house for the dog and some beers first and then we tried to find said party, but the directions we had were vague and we ended up just going back home, rather than start knocking on random doors. We consoled ourselves with a backyard firepit as the stars started coming out.
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