Kim's Blog: More To Explore: Covid, Apples, and Moab camping, No raft trip

We got home on Sept. 1 and met up with Terri & Kent right away to have a hike in beautiful Rocky Mtn. National Park. I had a bit of a sore throat (from our dryness after Alaska?) so wore a mask in the car with them. On the hike, I was just tired...

Home from Alaska and on a hike at RMNP

And that was the start of my Covid-19 Delta variant experience. Luckily I did not give it to anyone else except Scott.

Headache, body aches, fever, chills, loss of smell and generally feeling very lousy for about 3 days. After about 3 more days I was fine and we took our camper to Moab to meet Jen & Mike and Joe & Nancy from Wisconsin). I'd be done with quarantine in time for our raft trip on the Colorado River. BUT, 2 days before departure, Scott felt tired. And had covid and after-effects for several months. No raft trip for us.

Apples! These trees are bearing so many apples that we have to pick them and we have to freeze them and make apple sauce. We just kept going back for more because they are unbelievably abundant and beautiful this year. Love that Apple Peeler Corer so much!!

It was hot hot hot in Moab, so while our friends were enjoying the OARS raft trip (great company!), we headed for the high country and camped in the La Sal Mtns at Mason Draw Campground - and had the place to ourselves with freshly cut aspen wood... so Scott could recoup from Covid.

Awesome ride down from LaSal Mtn. on Kokopeli Trail to Sandhill Rd, to singletrack, ending at Slickrock parking lot just outside of Moab. Epic!! Loved it. Nancy was our ride back to camping. Scott did fine in spite of Covid hanging on.

Mason Draw Campground in the La Sal Mountains, above Moab.

Looking down on the White Rim Trail, which we rode in April with Jen & Mike.

Riding on the Intrepid Trails with amazing views and yurts - staying at Horsethief Campground. Had our "Friendaversary" with Joe & Nancy on Sept. 17th. One Year!