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13th May,2009 Bryce to Moab 005
Thats the Henry Mountains in the background, yes we went over13th May, 2009
Left Bryce this morning and traveled through to Moab, what a journey, we began by climbing to 9600ft and into what was left of the winter snow, bit cooler up there, and then through the most terrifying road I have ever driven on. Drove along the divide and I mean 2000ft drop one side, and 2000ft drop the other side, no barriers, if you weren't concentrating you could have easily become a piece of the scenery. Never mind made it and dropped down into the Capitol Reef Canyon, pretty awesome, the Freton people (ancients) have left many artifacts including drawings carved into the sandstone and rock. Then through to Caintville where we had planned to stay, Ha ha, not even a town there (just a motel with the town name on it, AND NOTHING ELSE). Then we arrived on the moon, lunar landscapes like nothing you have seen, totally barren and void of all life.
Then Hanksville, the junction of SH24 and SH95 where we fueled up at a petrol station that had its shop, toilets, tyre shop etc mined into the rock - wow. Hawkeye Sam spotted a number of dear roaming the scublands on the
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Freton Drawings at Capitol Reef NP side of the road, the NZ deerstalkers would have a field day, we could have shot them as we drove past (they aren't protected).
And now we are at Moab, gateway to the Arches National park, obviously a haven for 4 wheelers as there are hundreds of them in town for a competition over the next few days. Moab is a nice little town with plenty of restaurants and we ate out at the "Pasta Jays"
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