Nat. Bridges Nation Monument.

In No perticular order. Natl. Bridges National Monument!! It's about 2.5 hours south of Moab. One can see the AZ and NM border when driving down there.



It's a great 9+ mile hike through and under 3 amazing bridges that wind you through a beautiful canyon....and low and behold WATER in the canyon. But that's why they are "bridges" and not "arches"



I have learned that "Arches" are formed by wind, and "Bridges" are formed by water! awesome.



The hand prints behind me are from the Anistazi indians, made from ground pigment and NOT mud.....they are awesome

Camp 4

So......on a sappy note. Chris sent me this tent. And.....the last time it'd been opened was just after we met, in Yosemite.

Indian Creek

So THIS is the whole reason that I came to Moab, this place....is magical. I dont have much to say......I love it here.



I was luck enough to come out last week for a couple days. Day one was fairly cool, but it bagan to warm up....sort of....after that.



Fantastic old cottonwood.



Meeeeee and my shhaaaaaaaadow!!!!!!!......strolling down the .........avvvveeeeeennnnuuuueeeeeeeeee avenue avenue
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More Arches.........

Man, Good thing for "P" that I am NOT a DINOSAUR...he would be so dead.....he didn't know it, but the WHOLE time we were hiking I was pretending that I was a DINOSAUR!! Chomp CHOMP CHOMP!!!! Stalking...



Sneek Sneek sneek........Yummmm crunchy bones......silly human, in the slot canyon. If knew me better he would have know to look behind him, because he would have caught me making dinosaur faces and creeping and leaping on stones!



Sneaky Slot canyons.



Oh yeh, and an Arch.
I didnt see the arch for a few min, because there were these crows ridge soaring the top of it....and I was busy looking at them playing on the air. Thinking about paragliding, then suddenly i exclamed "OH CHECK IT OUT! Thhe ARCH!" Sneaky Arch......

I found out that the top 60 largest arches are in Utah. The rest are in Africa.....who knew? ha ha ha Okay, Casey my house mate new.....but I never would have guessed.

Kane Creek/Desert Spring

I love spring in the desert. Any one who thinks the desert has no color or is dead, need only come see it in the spring. It's amazing. Every time I see a budding leaf or a small beautiful flower fighting against the lack of water and real dirt I want to chear for it.....Go Little Plant GO! GO! GO!



Yoga Graffiti.......OOooommmmmmmmmmmmmmm



P. and friend Playing on "the Farm".....fun 80' roofed crack land!!

Good Day

My God...Moab is amazing....one of those cloudless days.....waiting for clients feed back on projects....what's a girl to do?

GO FOR A BIKE RIDE!!!! Toooooo the FISHER TOWERS!!!!!....it was fantastic, the road winds along the colorado river through the canyon....past a ga'gillion amazing canyons....natrual arches and TOWERS!!!!! The whole loop was about 55+ some miles of amazing.



Soooo yeh the fishers....amazing. I didnt take this photo....but it's still good.




The Towers are composed of three major fins of rock that run from the northeast closer to the mesa out to the southwest and into a desert valley. The fin are between 1,000 and 2,000 feet (610 m) long and separated from each other by about 1,000 feet (300 m). Each fin contains multiple towers a number of which have been named.

first real ride....

Went for my first real ride here in Moab today.....yeh....this blow washington out of the water!!



This is the part that I start getting giddy! The Cirque! Oh man, I knew it was going to be a good day on my bike....crisp...cool spring air. and all that Jazz....but nothing could have perpared me for the HUGE grin on my face as I rounded this corner...



I kept catching myself exclame things like "FUCK YEAH!" and then realizing I had just said that....out loud....really loud.....would bring on a giggle fit.....it was awesome...i love this place.




The rout was a steady roll until the 10% grade...then it was like a dirt bath down hill into Hunter Canyon......oh man....



The ride should have only take about 2.5 hours....but I was so distracted.....it's hard to look UP constantly and ride a bike on switchbacks safely. So it took about 3 hours instead....it was great....then I ended my day with a FAT buffalo burger with avocado....Ohhhh yeh