Lots has happened since we last spoke.

Happiness is Nevada in my rear view mirror 🎶🎶.

St. George gets an award for coping. Best town in which to stop over between Rockies and West Coast. Lots of low BMI, pale skin, and fair hair… very nice and mannerly folk in Southern Utah. 

A fortuitous fill up in Parowan led to a curiosity serving investigation of Brian Head. That’s the name of the place…  Brian Head. It’s known for great powder in winter and has a quaint summer activity center.  

 
  
  After a few more dizzy spells, a Leroy Jenkins burger platter, the worlds slowest chairlift (Navajo), a “flow” trail brake test down Dreamcatcher and Color Country, and one OTB… We departed BH via the scenic route. 

The land between Boulder and Torrey has got to be seen to be believed. Des’s favorite was the Dixie National Forest. The highest timbered plateau in North America. The tiered aspen groves and ridiculously expansive meadows above 10,000 feet were calling me to  set up a permanent way station somewhere down one of the side roads. Jen especially liked the Escalante or Grand Staircase aspect. There’s good reason this part of the lower 48 was the last to be surveyed and mapped. The ruggedness and resistance to conventional overland travel make it a hermit’s  paradise. Kai recalls the eerie tunnel-like, tree lined roads and being monitored all the while by way too many deer and free range cattle.  

    
   
     
 
  Finally, a group favorite was the midday storm that brought a forty degree temperature drop and a lot of frozen precip to the drive. Some weird food and a welcome hotel room was found in Torrey.  

   
Side trip to Moab was revealing… Yes, hot but a really good vibe. 

Spent half a day cruising Main, dining with Derek at Spoke Cafe, and most importantly doing the obligatory hike, swim, and leap at Mill Creek canyon.  
    

    
   

  
The drive out to Western Colorado began with postcard alley Hwy 128. Legitimately “epic” vistas of THE Colorado river meandering through deep red rock canyons… 

Memorable.

Never made it to any of the famous trails but feel ready to head back there come Fall or Spring.
Moab… 

Hardly knew ya but already miss ya.