One long blog ...

Moab, Utah. Where most of the adventure companies rent ATVs rather than hiking boots & pro wrestling is playing on the TV in the lounge we're stealing interweb on. Yup - that's right ... we've upgraded from parking lot interweb theft! We're bold enough to walk right in with our computers (although, of COURSE we asked first).

Let's see ... where have we been? Canyonlands mostly, along with some on-the-road time. Here are some pictures

First (guess who's writing this blog), some trees!


This is an aspen. Quaking aspen, actually, but not the leaves, just a cool branch that looks like a zebra. Aspens had me fooled at first because they look like birches from far away, but they're not! I'm sure I'll have more aspen pics from Colorado (where we're heading tomorrow).

There were 2 trees at our campsite last night: the Pinyan & the Utah Juniper. Both very cool (of course). Here are pics of them ... do you know which is which?


And finally, a close-up of a yucca (can't remember what kind & my tree book is in the car). These are short shrubby things - actually, they look like little spikey spider plants with huge 6-foot shoots coming out of them with these fruit-like things on the end. Very descriptive, I know!


OK - so here are some other general pics ...

Crazy rock lines & holes near Capital Reef NP


Thunderstorms in the desert!


Betsy on jumping on a cool rock in Canyonlands NP.

Yellow flowers for my momma!


And Mesa Arch in Canyonlands NP. How cool!

As always, thanks for reading! I'd add more pictures, but my computer is angry & running out of juice (the battery meter has a red X over it). So ... buh-bye!