sneak route

Living in Moab is a lot like living about 20 years ago-- before the internet was the main source of information and newspaper disappeared. I frequently hear "I don't have one of them computers-- I just don't know how to work 'em" at church. Instead of Craigslist-- people wait for the Advertiser (printed even!), instead of online journalism, there's the times independent and the Moab Happenings. Inside this little gem (the Moab Happenings) there is a section devoted to hikes-- usually unique and unknown. Last week I tore out the article and Leslie and I went and checked out a sneak route into Black Bill Canyon. I had hiked to Morning Glory arch before, swimming through the hoards of people and dancing around the poison ivy. . . but this hike (albeit 8 miles instead of 5) was far more pristine and beautiful-- but leading to the same destination. Only downside? See that picture of Liesel in the bottom right? She couldn't make any other expression b/c her face was frozen solid. By the time I got home and Liesel was still freezing I had a wave of motherly guilt drown me until she warmed up in the bathtub and could once again move her mouth. . . not really but really.