Spring Break trips shouldn’t be limited to college kids who want to toss out the text books and get some…sun. When the opportunity to take a quick “Spring Break” trip to Moab presented itself, I couldn’t pass it up.
Disclaimer: Without turning this into a family vaca post for grandma, I do have to mention that I was joined by my two favorite sidekicks, husband Cole and son Crew. Luckily, they love being outside as much as I do.
The non agenda, agenda included an amazing breakfast at the Love Muffin Cafe (thanks for the recommendation@adventuretykes), hiking Negro Bill Canyon/Natural Arch, pizza buffet at @ZaxMoab, buying dirt shirts on Main and a morning ride on the Potash-Lower Colorado River scenic byway.
We couldn’t be happier with our hike through Negro Bill Canyon. The trail is pretty popular and came as a recommendation from the guys at Poison Spider bike shop.
The path followed a tiny stream through a deep sandstone canyon for several miles. The weather was perfect and since the path crossed the stream several times, we kept nice and cool.
About 5 miles in, we reached a natural stone arch called Morning Glory Natural Bridge. In Googling it after the fact, I learned that the arch is 243 feet which makes it the sixth largest span for an arch in the country. Feel smarter? I know, me too. Low key for Arches but amazing still.
As beautiful as the arch was, we were equally jazzed about the natural spring trickling out of a giant crack in the canyon wall. With fellow hikers, we climbed up and used our bottle caps to get a taste of the cold water inside.
On our way back, I couldn’t help but love the instant community that exists outdoors. During the hike we stopped to pet at least 25 “puppies,” received no fewer than 10 compliments on our beautiful baby, engaged in two genuine chats with perfect strangers and were stopped by three moms-of-grownup-babies who were envious of our amazing kid carrier.
We all just love being outside, nothing fancy to it. Even when we are all really different, it makes us the same.
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Oh really? You’re dying to see a picture of the cutest child in the world enjoying nature? Ok… If you insist…
