Leah and I had a very rare free weekend off together – so we took a short trip down to Moab. Leah kept calling it a “vacation” but I had to remind her that other people just call it a weekend.  We went hiking in Arches National Park and in the Island In The Sky district of Canyonlands National Park. This part of Utah is so strange but also very beautiful. Every time I go I feel like I’m on some other planet. Leah and I spoke about how amazing it is to be able to visit places like this just a few hours from our home in Salt Lake City. Although there is still plenty of snow up in the Wasatch for skiing, April is a great time to get out to Moab. Temperatures are perfect for hiking during the day, and reasonable for camping at night. I took a few photographs on our hikes with an eye for the wide view – take a look at the slide show.