First Raft Trip of the Year

Last weekend we headed down south to raft the upper portion of the San Juan River.  It wasn't the most exciting river but it had beautiful desert scenery and incredible petroglyphs and pictographs.  My favorite part was seeing the River House used 2000 years ago by ancient Navajo, Anasazi, and Pueblo Native Americans.

This was also my first real chance to row.  I rowed last year through flat water, the occasional ripples, and one significant rapid.  This time though, I rowed pretty much the whole way.  I'm hoping it will have prepared me to maybe row a bit down the Middle Fork of the Salmon when we go up there in June, but that's a pretty crazy river so we'll see how it goes.

Anyway, enjoy the pictures.

 Loading up Thursday night.

 Unloading Friday morning.

 A few of the MANY pictographs.

 Desert Views and the San Juan River.

 Amazing wall.

 The River House

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-Leah

Lately

 This came in the mail.

 Went to the shooting range for the first time.

 Met this little guy name Fozzy who is the furry puppy of some close friends.

 Found some urban chickens.

 Snuggled a bassett.

Had a picnic at the park.

 Playing with puppy pals.

 Springtime drives with the beard in the wind.

 Visited the Old Dutch Store for some delicious cheese and Stroopwafels.

 Saw "Evil Dead the Musical" (Erik's ideal)

 Sat in the splash zone at Evil Dead and got covered in fake blood.  This picture doesn't do it justice.

 Homemade Easter Caramel Apples from Erik's mom.

 This was the "everything in my fridge" meal which turned out so so good.

 Lunch break at work.

Rainy Day walk in Sugarhouse.

Winston tried to play with the dog statue.

Evening walks past old gnarled trees.

Arches National Park

On our Moab trip a couple of weekends ago for the Half Marathon, Erik and I  made a stop at Arches National Park.  We didn't do much besides stop at Balancing Rock and then hike to Delicate Arch because we were both pretty exhausted and ready to get home.  I'm sure another Arches visit is soon approaching so I'm not too worried about not getting to see the whole park.  For now, here are some pictures from our brief excursion.

Balancing Rock  

On the trail to Delicate Arch

Delicate Arch

Side View

Erik and me under the Arch

-Leah

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