Spring Break, Part I

Hey y'all! Hope you've been well since our last post. Since we last spoke, Charlotte and I took a quick, great Spring Break trip to Moab, UT for some camping and exploring. However, first we had to get there! This involved a late-winter drive through the Rockies and across the Continental Divide. On a beautiful sunny day, it's always fun to look up at the Rockies from Fort Collins and imagine what the weather is like. This time, we found out firsthand! The closer to the mountains we got, the more ominous their "little" gray cloud looked!

By the time we reached the Eisenhower Tunnel at around 11,000', our sunny 50 degree driving weather had turned into a 16 degree blizzard!

Fortunately, the weather got great once we descended back down, and after a quick lunch stop in Grand Junction, CO, we were speeding along toward new desert sights!

Our first order of business was claiming a campsite. Unfortunately, all the sites in Arches National Park were full, so we found ourselves "stuck" in this BLM (Bureau of Land Management) campsite in nearby Moab. Needless to say, we didn't complain too much!

However, it was getting late, and so our real desert exploring would have to wait until the morning (and the next blog post)! Before getting into our sleeping bags, though, we did make an evening trek into Arches National Park. There, we were treated to a gorgeous sunset at the first sandstone arches of our trip, known as "The Windows." People get really excited about seeing arches (I know we did), so I'll try to warn you in advance.

Snazzy arch coming up-first arch shot on this blog! 

Brace yourselves!

Phew! Anyway, our brief hike and exploration was enough to convince us that we'd made a good spring break decision by ditching our books for a few days, and that the blizzard driving was worth it! We were happy to be in Moab!

Our next post will feature some more of the desert scenery that we were treated to at Arches National Park. In the meantime, though, we're sleepy, so have a good one! Oh-one more thing. Incoming arches-bottom left of frame!