(insert clever blog title here, cuz I'm out)

We woke up before dawn to start our hike out of the backcountry at Capitol Reef so that we could arrive early at Arches National Park which is just 2.5 hours away. After a trip to their restroom to brush our teeth and whatnot (more getting starred at) and washing my pan in the parking lot (even more stares) we made some lunch (mmm, peanut butter-jelly-marshmallow sandwich). This park is nice enough to publish which sights are best at what time of day (i.e. afternoon for west-facing stuff) so we drove and hiked to see Balanced Rock, Windows, and Delicate Arch as well as some less well-known spots. At this point, rock is rock. The novelty of sandstone has worn off some so thankfully Arches had some magic to throw into the mix: arches! Its amazing to see how big these things are - to stand underneath them and wonder about the day when Delicate Arch will break. We camped in the backcountry again and once again our GPS unit was useful. There's no way we could find our tent our civilization again with out it. Ok ok, so a compass would help, too. Anyways, it was warm and dry enough to leave the rain flap pulled back during the night. We awoke to sunrise through the tent's screen side, hiked out (we're getting pretty efficient at breaking camp) and saw Double Arch and Landscape Arch before getting cleaned up to head into Moab just South of the park to get some internet, groceries, and gas.

This afternoon we will drive to Rocky Mountain National Park. Well, we won't actually enter the park until tomorrow morning, but tonight we have big plans at the campgrounds. We're getting there around 6pm and so will have time to build our first campfire and use those s'more makings we've been toting this whole time. So we're off now to grab groceries for dinner (hobo packs) and hitting the showers tonight! I hate to sound like such a girl, but I'm pretty excited about getting cleaner.

Anyways, go check out the photos from the past few days and comment here, there, email, whatever! We miss you guys and want to hear from you!