Yay for Long Weekends: Moab edition

First things first... We had a blast!

On Friday morning, at the ungodly hour of 6 am, Mr. Right and I and our friend A loaded up and headed west, aiming for the Utah desert.

We ate on the road, some of us more successfully than others...

and so managed to be checked into our hotel (such a lovely phrase...) and head for the trails by late afternoon.  Not bad.

Our first stop was a very cool cave called Tusher Tunnel, a triangle-shaped passage through a massive rock wall...

After a quick hike, we opted for Thai food and TV (a total treat for those of us who operate in netflix-only households).

Saturday was reserved for putting the trucks through their paces on 4-wheeling trails.  Some fairly benign, some utterly ridiculous.  We started our day at Gemini Bridges, 2 natural bridges that formed 10 feet apart hundreds of feet above the canyon floor.  They're pretty spectacular, but kinda scary.  I opted for a safer view...

For sure not my best angle, but too funny not to share.  I'm SUCH a dork.  But the view was awesome...

The scenery everywhere was pretty spectacular, mostly standard desert-type stuff.  And one very lonely Aspen tree in full Fall yellow...

We did a few trails, ate some lunch sitting on the tailgate, and then the boys became obsessed with a trail called Fins & Things.  It's worth noting that this particular trail was marked in RED while all the others were marked with friendlier colors like blue and green.  Here's the beginning of the "trail"...

The first obstacle was a STEEP downhill.  Here's my view from the bottom of the slope...

After that, they pretty much had to scrape me off the roof of the truck, and I was done.  Really, really done for the day.  I think the boys were feeling guilty, since I got no grief for ducking into the nearest yarn store for a while when we got back to town.  Yarn -- it soothes the soul. 

So do these spectacular desert sunsets...

That's all for today, folks.  I'll post the pictures from the Bhutan Death March our lovely hike later this week.  Be sure to come back tomorrow for the first WIPW that doesn't feature Avast!  Also, knitandseek's first giveaway!  Exciting times!  Yay for exclamation points!