Lilly loves snow!

Surprise snow on March 1st.

So, call me crazy! My new toy is a 2006 Honda VTX 1300.

Lazy Lilly

Dead horse state park

Today we visited Dead horse State Park. It's a relatively small park, but legend has it that cowboys would herd wild horses into the blind canyon, choose the ones they wanted and then release the rest. However it seems, one time they forgot or didn't release the rest and they died of thirst, all within sight of the Colorado river. Very sad.

We also saw some Indian carvings that were done sometime between 600 and 1300 AD.e Very cool! In the same area we also saw lots of rock climbers.....of course they are all pretty young!! The photo I've posted is a girl.

Rafting the Colorado river

Yesterday we took a half day rafting trip down the Colorado river. Another beautiful day in the desert. We went over some pretty mild rapids and had a great afternoon. The photos don't do justice to the beauty here, but at least you can get some sense of the place. Lots of rocks, buttes and interesting stuff to see.

Wednesday, Canyonlands National Park. WOW! Such huge views, makes one feel really small and insignificant. I'll post a few photos, just to give you some sense of the place.

These pics were taken at Arches National Park near Moab, UT. Hot, dry, desert! Really interesting place though. There are signs everywhere reminding people to drink LOTS of water. They suggest one gallon per person per day to keep hydrated. We didn't need reminding as we are always thirsty.

Today we head for Canyonlands National Park and we'll be sure to take lots of photos to share.

We arrived in Moab yesterday and found the temperatures to be much higher than Vail. I think it was almost 90 when we got here, however it's really dry so it doesn't feel all that bad. I cooled down over night down to 57, so it felt pretty good this morning. We rented a new condo here and it's really great. Everything is new, in fact the construction is still going on in the unit next door. Today we plan to start exploring and checking out what there is here. When we went to the grocery store last night we saw several businesses who rent bikes, Jeeps, 4X4's, etc. We aren't able to go ballooning as it's too hot, but we thought we might like to try white water rafting. I'm going to check out renting a Jeep to go exploring up in the mountains and maybe mountain bikes too, if the weather cools down.

I'll try to post some more photos as we take them. We are very near two national parks: Canyonlands and Arches so I expect we'll take lots of pics.

Colorado

Vail, Colorado: Well, we've seen some ugly scenery here. Lots of mountains! We woke up yesterday to see snow on the higher peaks and it's still there. I'm trying to post some photos, but I'm having trouble finding the right file to post them from!!! Arghhhh!

Tomorrow we leave here and head for Moab, UT where the weather is much warmer.

We've had Lilly for over two weeks now. She's learned her name and is really doing well with potty training. Maybe I should say, we're doing pretty well with it, as she still doesn't tell us when she needs to go. But, when we take her out, she does great! Sally is getting used to having her around although she still growls at the puppy now and then. Jan has to take her to Greenville as Ella really, really likes the puppy.