Moab Weekend!

We were in the desert for a couple days at the beginning of the week (which you would never know, thanks to the magic of scheduled posts). It was SEVENTY DEGREES and everything I wanted it to be.

We did the Grandstaff Canyon hike the first day, one of my favorites.
Red cliffs at sunset against a blue sky

Water reflections on red rock

Desert willow buds against red rock

And then the next day before we left we tried a new trail to the Mill Creek Waterfall. The trailhead was really close to town, everything was well marked, and it even had bonus petroglyphs!
Green grass and sagebrush in front of red cliffs

Petroglyphs on rock chunks that have fallen from a cliff

A waterfall and swimming hole in the red cliffs

I think it the summer that waterfall would be party central, but it was still too cold for people to swim in. (Yes, I waded in.)