Arches National Park

Saturday morning the kiddies and I arose at 5 am, met David Taylor at 6 and headed for Moab. Court and Rob have so enjoyed the parks in southern Utah and wanted to pay a return visit. Arches was a new experience for Whit and me. We missed Anna and family but did the best we could. Our morning's hike took us to Delicate Arch. For more and better pix, see David's blog. (And Court's when she gets it up.) After lunch we stuck out in another area and saw a multitude of arches.

This is Dark Angel.

Kids on a fin.

It was a long but very enjoyable day. At the end, I felt like I'd gotten more exercise in the last ten days than in the previous six months! Good for me, huh?

Utah Skiing

After Phoenix, I flew to SLC. Had a couple of good days to visit with Mom and Dad. I picked up Court and Rob on Wednesday, and we had a great day of hard skiing on Thursday. Then Whit flew in Thursday night, and we did it again on Friday. So I got to enjoy a couple of days at Snowbird with my kiddies. (I swear they were trying to kill me!) I forgot to bring my camera, so all I got were a few Iphone pix. I do love the snow and the mountains!

Whit & Rob, in case you can't tell.

Arizona

This year's ACTEC meeting was in Phoenix. I took advantage of the opportunity to get a little exercise and see a bit of the desert. Thursday afternoon, I joined a group for a bike ride out to Camelback then around a loop. The two and a half hour ride about did me in!

That evening, we had a dinner with centerpieces shown below. The card struck me as a whole new level of PC.

For Saturday, I had signed up for a hike in a desert preserve in Scottsdale. Another fun desert experience -- and more needed exercise! The temperature was a bit on the warm side -- mid-80s -- while I was there, so I drank a lot of water.

Good fun, but still prefer green to brown!