Thanksgiving Weekend

We spent Thanksgiving weekend in Moab with family.  5 adults and three collies shared a Subaru Outback. 

 Friday we drove to Dead Horse Point State Park to walk and take in the view of the Colorado River.

 Saturday we started off with a 3 mile round trip hike, to Corona Arch (behind Coffee).  

Getting to the arch itself was tricky!  There is a ravine behind Coffee so we had to climb up and around.

In the photo below you can see people that look like ants.  We had to scale UP the rocks from where they were to about the middle of the photo (see a tiny person).  First try both dogs had their nails out and got no where.  Second try we had them on a short leash on our right with our left hand on the cable to pull ourselves up.  Going down was easier for the dogs, but awkward for us.  Their rears held their weight back.

Photo on right doesn't show how steep and slick the surface was.

Sam and Echo walked along the Colorado river chatting with hikers while we did the climb.  

There they are in the road waiting for our return! 

After lunch we drove around Arches National Park.

We left just as the sun was setting.

Moab is 3 hours from us.

It was a fun weekend and the weather was gorgeous!

Hope you all had a good weekend too!  Sydney