We go to Moab a lot (obviously). And sometimes when we're there, we just don't feel like driving to go do stuff. There are trailheads for hiking and MTBing everywhere and some of them require a lot of driving from town; going to the Island in the Sky district of Canyonlands requires 45 minutes in the car, for example. So when we don't feel like driving, we tend to repeat the same trails, like Pipe Dream or Millcreek (which, yes, technically requires driving but only five minutes). When we were down in Moab over Memorial Day weekend, we did not feel like driving and fighting the crowds.
Thus, the first two days of the long weekend looked very similar. First thing in the morning, Amanda and Milton did a four mile Millcreek Canyon hike, getting there early before the hordes. We went out along the rim trail, then dropped down to the creek for the return. We only saw a couple of people out on the trail but by the time we got back to the parking lot, the cars were starting to roll in. Temperatures were super nice, especially in the shade.
After the hike, H and A switched gears (literally haha) and went for a 21 mile road ride along the bike path. This entails going north out of town, then out and back along the Colorado River, then across the pedestrian bridge over the river and up to the Arches National Park entrance, then going back across the bridge, out and back along the river stretch and then back home. The traffic on the bike path definitely increased from Friday to Saturday as more tourists rolled into town.
Our Friday and Saturday evenings did differ slightly. Friday found us at Woody's and then with a backyard firepit, watching the stars come out. But on Saturday we went to C and F's house for a BBQ with several of their friends. They've got a great backyard, cool and shady, and as it was a little cooler than Friday, the afternoon/evening was quite pleasant.
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