The Colorado Exodus: Moab and Flagstaff

Pretty much everywhere we went in Colorado, people told us to go to Moab. We only got to be there for a couple of days, but I will definitely be back!! Sam had to work the one full day we were there, but I took the day off and went for a hike. I’m really starting to realize, or possibly remember, that beauty comes in so many different forms. When someone says a place is beautiful, I tend to image trees and water, but this place was breathtaking! The national park I was in is called Arches because of the many natural rock formations displaying such.

 

 

After our day in Moab, we drove straight to Flagstaff, a seven hour trip, where we spent a full week in a beautiful park surrounded by trees. Or, I did. Sam actually had to leave for a few days on a business trip, so we had a fun weekend with a new friend from the interwebs, and then he had to take off. I found a great yoga studio in town that offered many different types of yoga, and I ended up going every day that week. I forgot how much I miss it! I spent the time he was gone in sort of a spiritual retreat, which has begun a journey that I'm not quite ready to share with the general public. I am super excited! 

We spent a day in Sedona after he got back, which is one of my favorite places, and spent the afternoon hiking around Red Rock State Park, which actually looked similar to the pictures above, except we were hiking among trees. So beautiful! We finished the day off with this dinner at Elote that there are barely words for. Started off with a beet juice margarita, and finished off with a smoked duck breast in green chili sauce that was so tender I couldn't tell the meat from the fat! I wish I had a picture of that one, but I always forget to take it before I chow down. :) Sam had some incredible smoked chicken enchiladas, and I took all of the leftover sauces home and made some chicken enchiladas of my own! Not as good as the restaurant, but better than my usual cooking.

Oh, and we went to a super fun electronic show in town - Gramatik and GRiZ. I'm so glad I'm finally learning how to dance! Which leads me to our next great adventure: Lightning in a Bottle! Check it out: www.lightninginabottle.org. We've been heading west all these months to get to this music festival - five days of all day electronic performances. I don't care so much about the music, but I'm REALLY excited about this space called the Temple of Consciousness, where all day they will be having speakers and workshops about all kinds of spiritual topics, as well as things like health and gardening and all kinds of stuff! And yoga all day! And dance-time at night! I'm really excited, and can't wait to tell you all about it. I'll do my best to get Sam to blog about that one as well.

Welp, that is quite enough blogging for one day. Talk to you soon!