Blogs from Moab, Utah, United States, North America - page 10

Spent a much too short morning hiking in the Arches National Park. The park was full of beautiful dynamic rock formations. Some with huge towering spires and others with rocks balancing on pinnacles. We spent the majority of our time hiking to see one of the most famous arches up close. Barb and I hiked up hill along a 1.5 mile trail to reach Delicate Arch. Despite my urging to avoid risky climbing, Barb ventured into dangerous rock formations. In the afternoon we drove to our next camp site, Devils Canyon, near Blanding, UT . It was remote and beautiful. ... read more

My last post was last week...five eventful days ago. Tonight, as we relax in beautiful Moab, Utah I thought I would attempt to update my travel blog and capture all the details. Well, at least the ones I can remember. We ended up skipping Crystal Hot Springs to get into SLC a bit earlier. We were both excited to arrive and begin the family weekend celebrating Jim's mom and dad's 50th anniversary. Friday, we ran a few errands, had some dry cleaning done, ran to Target for a few last minute party supplies and then went out to my in-laws to see everyone. We had a nice dinner outside at a restaurant called La Puente, best known for smothered burritos. Jim and I both ordered cold Coronas but because we sat outside, the manager came running ... read more

Gather 'round, haters and skeptics: this is a message for you! I'm in Moab, the sun is setting, and the rocks are glowing pinkly and towering over the soft green cottonwood trees of the little valley where I've set up camp. There's a stream, too, that's currently babbling and burbling alongside my little temporary homestead. (You get 10,000 blog points and a free t-shirt if you spotted the little pun I made above) Anyway you know what else is great here in Moab? The hammock-tent is. That's correct, the hammock-tent is strung and it's glorious, rocking and swaying in the evening breeze and patiently waiting to hammock-tent me off to dreamland. So guess what, hammock-tent doubters? Y'all can suck it! Nay, y'all MUST suck it. We live in a democracy so I won't tell you what ... read more

Well - so ends the perfect weather when we got to Arches - I think it was warmer in NH - days 55-60 with thunderstorm in the morning. Had a site in the park and did have a great second day - hiked Delicate Arch and Devil's Garden, north and south windows and took lots of pictures. Next day was cloudy again and went into Canyonlands - made it to Moab to camp that night - had to hook up - batteries ran low! Off to Moab Brewery for $10 pitchers of Scorpion Pale Ale and 15 cent wings - YES - 15 cents! Met a very nice guy from PA at the bar who was out on work looking for oil shale in the Utah Mtns. Staying in Moab an extra night because the SUN ... read more

Our second day in Moab was an extra early start than usual as Todd took everyone to their booked or planned activities, starting with the guys who were going hiking in Arches National Park. As we made our way there, Todd was inspiring us, or maybe just me, with some of his ‘sunrise’ music he liked to play, because as we were making our way to the drop, the sun had started rising to start a brand new day. The music was from a band called ‘Explosions in the Sky’, and it did catch the mood as the sun rose. When the hikers were dropped off, that just leaves Sumi, Sarah, Becca and me to head a little further out of town to a ranch called Red Cliffs Lodge for some horse riding. We got to ... read more