A Dog's Life...........Road tripping....continued.........Moah Utah

Whew whoo! We are on our way to Moab Utah for some rafting adventures today! The sun is shining, the temperatures are just right and the music is playing as we enjoy the drive from Durango Co to Moah Utah for some Canyon Adventures! 

Along the way we were able to enjoy the natural structures that have been carved out over the earth's life time and I have to ask myself "how can anyone see all this natural beauty and want to build concrete cities?"

Rafting

Let me start by saying I have looked forward to this adventure since before I actually arrived in Colorado. Upon arrival at the rafting tour company we put on our sunblock and signed in. We were then instructed to wait on the front porch of the establishment and our guide would suit us up with life jackets and we would be on our way. Of course everyone knows group activities can be a toss up.  We were placed in a group of 2 families from France, a mother son group from California and my cousin and myself. 

The first mishap occurred before we even left the front porch of the guide shop. One of the father's from the France groups was moving their vehicle when they backed into the trailer our rafts were loaded on. Really? I don't know how I feel about a guy who can't even back up without hitting a trailer with a huge white water raft stacked up on it! 

Upon initially loading arriving at the Colorado River shore where we were to launch our raft in all of the French people sat in the back of the raft together, leaving our guide in the middle and my cousin and I in the front with the pair from Colorado. Ok this may not be bad.  OMG! This woman would not shut up about herself and how things were in California and what they had in California and how they did things in California! I thought, "Woman if we wanted to know about California we would be in California - we are in Utah!" or poor son looked so embarrassed by her I almost wanted to push her in the river for him!

Needless to say I rarely let anyone ruin my fun and we quickly approached an area to exit the raft and swim and I was the first one to bale out and head off down current to get away from Chatty Kathy!

The rafts were not flowing roughly so it was a nice leisurely trip down the river where we were able to enjoy the scenery and the guide was very informative about the area!

Road Tripping continued.........Colorado San Juan National Forest

This trip has been a very active trip and NaKoda and I would not have it any other way! On top of walking around downtown  Durango enjoying all the pet friendly shops in the area we saw a sign for junction access to national forest that my cousin Rachel had never been on before.  We decided to create an adventure and we took the road never traveled and discovered access to the San Juan National Forest! We traveled up the mountain side enjoying the breath taking majestic views.

At the bottom of the mountain we hiked down a trail where we found a stream that NaKoda was happy to play in and wonder back and forth on the banks in search of the elusive fish she just knew were in there!

We also came across a make shift lean to where someone had obviously been  sleeping/living but were not currently "home"

NaKoda and I are very thankful for the way I am able to work remotely from any location with a flexible schedule to allow us to be able to take adventures and discover new places. Colorado is one of our favorite places to go and we have truly enjoyed the change in temperatures from Texas to Colorado. Each day has been able to provide us a new adventure and we can't wait to see what we find tomorrow!