Moab UT

Arrived in Moab yesterday,  the slickrock desert of Utah.  We checked into a dinky, little prefab adobe that was much smaller than we expected and had a beautiful view of an industrial park/car junk yard.  Great reviews on Trip Advisor, though...first time that has led us astray.  Oh well, we would live like backpackers for a few days...it would be good for the boys, right?  Okay...I haven't backpacked in 20 years and certainly didn't backpack with three young kids.  Anyway, we unloaded the car and headed in to check out the town.  Our attitudes quickly changed as we remembered what we came here for...Moab is an adventure wonderland.  Our choices included repelling into canyons, mountain climbing, sky diving, mountain biking, four wheeling, etc. - all while surrounded by beautiful views and amazing National Parks.  We decided to rent bikes and headed out to ride twelve of the hundreds of miles of trail systems. These trails are built and maintained by the town and are very remote, scarcely populated and crazy technical for our family, but we worked it out!  We broke it into two rides with a great half-time show at the super cool town pool.  We finished up on what is called a "slick rock" trail and after several cuts, bumps, bruises (and a few tears), our twilight ride ended as the sun set behind the mountain.  Gotta tell ya, I was a little nervous about our timing and choice of trails for our kids; but I also gotta tell ya, I felt like my ten year-old self, riding with my cousin Doug,  powering my sweet Mongoose BMX bike (with yellow mag wheels) over the rocks and through the sand.

Julie

-Julie