This was the second leg of my annual solo hiking trip to Utah. I spent the last few days in Salt Lake City and then hit the road for the gorgeous four-hour drive from Salt Lake City to Moab. It was a beautiful change of scenery navigating from the damp, cool mountains of northern Utah to the red dirt and dry desert of southern Utah. WHERE I STAYED IN MOAB I arrived in Moab early on…
I try to get away every year or two for a hiking-based trip on my own. This year I escaped to spend some quality time in Utah. Other than my childhood visit to the Four Corners putting my foot across the state’s border, I have only spent an hour or two laid over in the Salt Lake City airport before this trip. After a colleague told me that Moab was one of the most beautiful…