Moab after Thanksgiving, November 25-27

After eating two yummy Thanksgiving dinners and spending good quality time with family, we headed to Moab to try to work off some calories.

Friday we headed into Arches to do a few towers.

First on the tick list...Bullwinkle Towers:

It was still a little chilly when we started.

John braved the cold crack first.

It was sunny and warm at the top where we sat and enjoyed the views.

Then off to our next tower.

Owl Rock:

Our last climb of the day was a route that John had known about for years but had never climbed, so we thought we'd give it a try. It was all by itself on this pretty wall.

It turned out to be a GREAT climb and we were loving the sunshine and warm weather.

After lunch and a nap, we mountain biked Amasa Back and had plenty of time to enjoy our favorite spot at the end of the trail. It was such a beautiful night!

The Morgans came into town late that night and went on a 70 mile road bike ride with us the next morning. Peter is showing us what Michelle does when she likes something she's trying on. This is his cue to tell her to buy it.

We rode out to the Grand View Point Overlook and back, stopping at a few view points along the way to see where we'd ridden on the White Rim trail the month before.

It was a pretty hilly ride, going mostly up on the way out, and was colder than we thought it would be. There was a wind that moved the air just enough to keep us cold the whole time.

The ride back was even colder. By the time we got back to our car we were all freezing and hungry. We cranked up the heater and hit Wendys to tide us over until dinner.

It was a good hard ride that would have been more enjoyable being 10 degrees warmer. It however, was a great way to end our trip to Moab...exhausted.