Dead Horse Point
We did make it to Dead Horse Point as Mary projected (Landed in Moab). The views are incredible (Mary took this picture).
We were here once before - the weather in August can match the image created by the name of this place. But the last two days have been reasonable. Some cloud cover (a little rain), and temperatures that only barely reached 100. We were able to bicycle yesterday in the mid-80s.
Everyone does different things on vacation - yesterday we road our bikes on a ‘moderate’ ride to Gemini Bridges (twin arches with a sheer drop), we did a little sight-seeing in Canyonlands National Park, we took a hike out to the point for sunset, I practiced my Saxophone and Bass Flute (The Healdsburg Saxophone Trio and Healdsburg Community Band are both playing for the Healdsburg Sesquicentennial on August 18th, and I am playing Bass Flute in the Fiesta Flute Orchestra at the National Flute Association Convention in Albuquerque next week - 170 flutes all at the same time), and we both followed up on email - moving some things forward for our new company (setting up interviews, making introductions).
On the bike ride, we saw two leopard lizards (unfortunately one had been run over by the jeep that had just passed us). There was a related species in the mojave desert where I grew up - though they were rarely seen.
Today we head south - to Canyon de Chelly National Monument in Arizona. We haven’t been to this National Monument before, and are looking forward to it. Probably a stop on the way in Moab at an internet cafe (we haven’t had cell phone service (AT&T) at Dead Horse Point, but the wireless modem (Sprint) has kept us in touch with the world - though it certainly isn’t at EVDO speeds here.)
Time to make my morning Latte.
Jim on August 5th 2007 in Travel