Sunshine But No Heat

For our third night, we made it as far as Moab, UT. Even here, there was snow and cold, although it was better than what we had left at home. It was nearly dark by the time we approached Moab but we knew of a good camping place along the Colorado River just outside town, so that’s where we headed for the night.

In the morning, we drove a bit further down along the Colorado, had breakfast in a sunny picnic spot on the river and had a nice hike up to a couple of arches (BowTie and Corona) that we hadn’t hiked to before. After some time visiting Moab, doing some e-mail and trying in vain to find a good place to go out for lunch (January really is the off season in Moab), we headed south as far as Bluff, right on the southern border of Utah. We had heard of a BLM campsite on the San Juan River, not far from Monument Valley where we decided to spend the night. It was another cool one, but slowly we are getting warmer temperatures. There is still snow on the ground in most places and the air is still chilly but we usually get sunny skies each day now.