Sound sleepers

Somehow we slept through the 4.6 earthquake last week. After5 years in California and 4 here in Washington, we have still never felt one. Maybe that's a good thing. Little bird definitely noticed- he had a "flap attack" right around the time of the quake and woke us up. Crazy!

Utahhhhh

Last weekend we travelled to Salt Lake City for 1.) the Outdoor Retailer show and 2.) great hiking in Canyonlands National park. I met up with Eric on Thursday evening and we had dinner at the Red Iguana...no doubt SLC's most famous Mexican restaurant. We headed down to Moab on Friday and took in the great scenery, sun, and tunes of Willie's Place (XM radio) during the 4 hour trip. On Saturday we woke up super early, packed up and drove about 60 miles south to the Needles district of Canyonlands. We planned on trying to find the "All American Man" petroglyph but the 4x4 road wasn't exactly passable with a 2-wheel drive rental car. Maybe we'll go back in the summer. So, plan B was to hike around Chesler Park which was still totally awesome. We ended up hiking to Druid Arch. Check out the photos here!

The winter doldrums

This is the time of year when the winter doldrums hit. We'll be stuck with rain and gloomy weather for the next 3 months. Ugh! Eric and I are heading to Salt Lake City in a couple weeks for the Outdoor Retailer show and hopefully some sun. The plan is to hike around Canyonlands but if it snows we might end up skiing.