moab-ulous

one thing i am learning is that, a lot of the time, being a grown-up means doing whatever the h-e-double-hockey-sticks you want, which is pretty great, especially when what you want to do is take a weekend getaway to moab with the girls.


and it is even better when those girls include jess and dana, in from d.c., and susan in from california, plus local favorites ck and sallee. and even though it is sort of inconvenient, it is also sort of awesome when the hotel loses one of your reservations and you all six have to cram into one room, because girly sleepovers are the best.


and it gets even better than that when the weather is perfect and you get to spend the whole weekend wearing a tank top and hiking through some of the most stunning places in the world.


like, the windows in arches national park, at sunset no less...

and also the chesler park loop in the needles district of canyonlands...

and also up to delicate arch, even though the wind threatens to quite literally blow you away...

even just the view from the car makes you want to stay forever...






i guess the downside of being a grown-up is, you always have to come home.