I took a break from studying and Jacqueline finally got two full days off. We used them to travel to Canyonlands National Park and go to the Island in the Sky District. The purpose was to visit our friends, Brian and Angela Hays. Unfortunately, Jacqueline’s days off switched, such that we did not have a day off with them to be able to do anything. We drove through the night anyway and had a full day to go for a good hike. Brian recommended the Murphy Trail along with a couple others so that is where we went.
It had everything that Canyonlands has to offer. There was a spectacular view before we dropped in. Then we had some good long miles with nothing but open expanses after that. Then we hit the White Rim Road which we walked on for some time. We returned by a different route through a canyon, then back up a steep section of trail. We seemed to move rather slowly on this day, as I did not quite have the energy that I would have hoped for. The
hill seemed brutal and I guess that bout of the stomach flu which I battled earlier in the week had not left me entirely yet. When we got back to the truck, we made sure to check out the Green River Overlook and Upheaval Dome. The next day Brian took us out. We did not seem to get very far as we went down the Alcove Spring Trail and ran into a bighorn sheep just sitting right on the trail. It was a very odd sight and we all sat there thinking that we were watching the thing die. We left it in peace, but we heard later that it got up and moved after we were gone.
Strange that it would let us get so close and not leave when we were right there. Then Brian took us on a super secret trail to False Kiva. It was a good short hike, but nothing too exciting. Jacqueline and I ran up to Whale Rock with the spare time we had while Brian rangered a little bit more. After that we drove back, but I was happy that we got to spend
the weekend with the Hays’ family.
It had everything that Canyonlands has to offer. There was a spectacular view before we dropped in. Then we had some good long miles with nothing but open expanses after that. Then we hit the White Rim Road which we walked on for some time. We returned by a different route through a canyon, then back up a steep section of trail. We seemed to move rather slowly on this day, as I did not quite have the energy that I would have hoped for. The 
hill seemed brutal and I guess that bout of the stomach flu which I battled earlier in the week had not left me entirely yet. When we got back to the truck, we made sure to check out the Green River Overlook and Upheaval Dome. The next day Brian took us out. We did not seem to get very far as we went down the Alcove Spring Trail and ran into a bighorn sheep just sitting right on the trail. It was a very odd sight and we all sat there thinking that we were watching the thing die. We left it in peace, but we heard later that it got up and moved after we were gone.
Strange that it would let us get so close and not leave when we were right there. Then Brian took us on a super secret trail to False Kiva. It was a good short hike, but nothing too exciting. Jacqueline and I ran up to Whale Rock with the spare time we had while Brian rangered a little bit more. After that we drove back, but I was happy that we got to spend 
the weekend with the Hays’ family.
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