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A Valentine's Day Weekend Surprise

A Valentine's Day Weekend Surprise

Visiting Mexican Hat, Utah

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Feb 14, 2025
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Happy Valentine's Day from Kanab, where the snow is pretty, but the trails are a quagmire. That sounds like a strange opening from one of Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon shows, doesn't it?

We spent the night in Parry's Lodge. (More on this historic gem in a later post.) The original plan was to be here for seven days, but that's been amended. As I wrote last night, the red muck will be impossible to hike in for three or four days. It will clop on my trail shoes and fill the pads of Sam and Emi's paws, making it painful for them to hike.

Plot twist: we're out of here.

“Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again;
we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.”
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road

It was not easy finding an affordable replacement in a snow-free zone on Valentine's Day weekend, but I was pleasantly surprised. We're leaving Kanab later this morning, and tomorrow, after our first hike, I'll reveal where we landed.

The frustration of a long road trip is the sudd…

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