47.43 Utah: Masa Back and back and no doubt, we'll be back.
Reaching our destination. Is Utah diverse or what? A couple of weeks before this hike near Moab, we were hiking in Durango and we mentioned a squeaking hip. Where's an orthopedic surgeon when you need one, especially on a mountain. Fast forward and we were finishing another extraordinary hike when we saw 3 fellows standing around a truck with a fourth lying on the ground, obviously feeling sick or tired or maybe, both. They were cyclists. The clue was the bikes on the truck. Pretty observant, huh! One thing led to another and we had, which occurs frequently, an interesting conversation. The guy on the ground recognized our accents which always creates an opening. His buddies did not pay him much attention because he was, after all, a dentist. Who loves teeth guys? (With deep apologies to a great dentist, Derek Lichter.) The other three were medical doctors, the one an orthopedic surgeon. In case you missed it, that was the climax. Shows you. Never know who'll you meet-...