Day 50
July 30
Moab to Denver
Once again, we didn’t do math correctly (I am blaming
this one on Brian, he assured me it was jut 4 hours to Denver) we learned it
was a minimum of 6 hours to Denver. UGH.
To make sure we got on the road in a timely manner we did just a short hike to
the Corona Arch near Moab. It is not in
one of the National Parks so it was not as crowded. It was a fun 1.5 mile hike to the Arch with
cairns leading the way, not signs.
Sullivan was the leader of the
pack for this trip. He successfully navigated the cairns leading us to the
cables which aided our ascent up the side of rock face (FUN!). There was a dad/daughter already at the arch
and we found out they were form Iowa.
Nope, we didn’t know them.
This time I made more sandwiches and we snacked under the
shade of this arch and the only reason we had to move was because the sun was
catching up to us.
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| Cairns - man made pile of ricks used as trail markers |
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| The obligatory "HELP ME I"M FALLING" picture |
On to Denver! I
drove the van and Brian drove his bike.
It got pretty rainy past Dillion, CO but he was wearing his rain
gear. You’ve read about the AC trouble
we’ve had right? Well, it finally
died. I drove from Moab for about 2.5
hours in to CO with no AC, windows down. It was miserable. Brian charged up the AC in Parachute,
CO. It got me to Denver but it died
again.
We spent the night catching up with our friends Todd and
Rachel Kester in Aurora, CO. They kindly
put us up in their palatial basement – quite the set up!
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