March in Moab, Utah ... Rocks!

Blake and I drove my lovely new Mazda CX 5 (love it!) to Moab, Utah for the Canyonlands 5 mile and half marathon... Some other friends from Longmont went too and most ran the half marathon, but Blake and I ran 5.  The event was very organized and the route was so beautiful! 

We had over 3 days to visit Arches National Park and Canyonlands National Park, both very near Moab.  Both are breathtaking and beautiful and we could have spent more time in both.

The only bad thing was getting caught in a blizzard driving home!  We made it past Avon, but an accident had the interstate clogged for many miles.  We were rerouted through Leadville over crazy snowy passes with no visibility, and back to I-70 at Copper Mountain.  Unfortunately when we got that far, the Eisenhower tunnels were closed due to the blizzard.  Rooms were all full because everyone was stuck.  Blake's sister found us the only room left in the entire area!  ...A very beautiful but expensive condo at the foot of Keystone ski mountain.  We only wish we had time to enjoy that place but we were happy to be safe and warm.

So weird to go from warm and dry to hours of blizzard and freezing.  Pretty!  And luckily I had two scrapers in the car for the many times we stopped to scrape the windshield that wouldn't stay clear.  Brrrrr....

At Arches

Near The Windows at Arches

Panaroma at Canyonlands.  The Colorado River is below the lower ground you see.

Yay!  We did it and we got medals!  (So did everyone else who did it)

A scene of the run in the canyon.  I'm in the purple skirt with white hat.

Delicate Arch is on the Utah license plates.  It's huge and amazing!

View of the White Rim trail that goes for 107 miles around the canyon below.  You can take jeeps and mountain bikes on it.

Some people looking at the view on the other side of Double Arch. 

People at the top of the cliff are on the trail that winds around the top.  You can see the canyon below and a little piece of the White Rim trails.

Fresh snow in the morning at Keystone. Harrowing drive over Tennessee Pass at night in a blizzard.  Crazy stressful and expensive return home.