An Afternoon with Goblins

After my race we still had an afternoon left to go exploring, so after a snack and a shower we hopped in the car and drove into the desert. I counted dust devils to pass the time...and lost track at 20.

I liked how this mesa-thing looked like it spilled.

We saw a few small dust storms, too.

It took a little while but we finally reached our destination: Goblin Valley State Park!

The goblins are actually rock formations...there are a whole bunch of them of all shapes and sizes.

The best part is you're allowed to walk through them, climb on them, and basically do whatever you want.

There was a small hill in the middle; I climbed up to the top and was nearly blown into the next county. It was WINDY. I wouldn't be surprised if there were gusts somewhere around 50mph.

We spent a while wandering around between the goblins.

I think this is Wild Horse Butte. It was huge!

Overall, Utah was awesome! I wish I had more time to explore, but I'm hoping to make another trip back there sometime to spend some more time in the National Parks (and maybe run the race again). 

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It's been a crazy couple months and I know I haven't been keeping up with my blog as much as I was. I'm hoping to change that soon! I've been slammed at the flight school lately and we've been short-staffed at my full time job, so between working a bunch and trying to squeeze in marathon training I haven't been doing much else. I'm starting to take more time off, though, so I'll get back to adventurey type things soon!   :)