Day 24-28

Day 24

Our first full day in Salt Lake we drove to Park City and ended up at the Sandy Creek Trailhead for our hike.

Day 25

We decided to take it easy and hang out at our SLC Airbnb (that’s correct, yet again, we didn’t camp 😳). The boys seemed pretty content with this and made themselves comfortable.

Day 26

After leaving Salt Lake City we headed towards Moab. On our way there we stopped in Kanti-Lasal National Forest.

We arrived later than expected in Moab and only had an hour and a half to go through Arches National Park, but what we were able to see was pretty cool. The pictures do not do it justice and we plan to go back at some point.

We’d checked the weather for Moab and knew the overnight low wasn’t too bad, but that there would be wind with gust of 20mph. Even so, we had every intention of camping. However, after arriving and realizing just how windy it was and thinking about the challenge of putting the tent up in the dark with strong winds, we decided a hotel was in our future.

I felt less guilty about caving and getting the hotel room when the following morning we ran into a woman at the hotel who asked if we had tried camping last night. We told her we hadn’t bothered cause we knew it would be a disaster. She said they had tried, but given up halfway through the night and came to the hotel.

Arches National Park

We didn’t want to be this guy.

So…

Day 27

At this point in our trip we started to reevaluate the future of our time on the road. We knew it would likely be too cold to even attempt camping with the gear we had (and with our pampered pups), so we needed to determine how much further we wanted, and also could afford, to go. We agreed to try and stop through a few places in Colorado before heading East.

One of our final stops was Aspen. If I win the lottery, I’m moving there. Our time there was brief and cold, but it is beautiful!

We had planned to do a 6 mile hike, but we’re not expecting the 8-10 inches of snow they had gotten and had to cut it short. Luckily, the boys love the snow and didn’t mind running around in it for only an hour.

Downtown Aspen