Moab

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Posted by whalerho | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 03-08-2008

Making our way to Utah with our first stop in MOAB. Here are our favorite memories:

  • Well, we looked for a truck stop to spend the night but found nothing.  We ended up parking on a side street in downtown Moab with the slides in so we didn’t atract too much attention.  Found out in the morning our campground was only 3 miles away.  Luckily, we didn’t check in because we found a better campground with a front row spot with the best views.
  • Andrew and Ken mountain biking on the most famous mountain biking path in the world – Slick rock! The 12.7 mile path is suppose to take 5-6 hours (so they did the short loop which still took an hour+ to go 2 miles)
  • The family bike ride was in downtown Moab along a riverwalk trail.  It ended in a park with very large musical instruments that we had fun clanging on (oops, it was a little early)
  • Sallie sleeping outside in cots with Poohnut (Lauren ) and having her tell me all about the different constellations
  • Driving through Arches National Park and counting all the arches and taking a hike to see “Delicate Arch” in 105 degree weather!  There are suppose to be over 2,000 arches in the park but we only managed to get to 20 or so.
  • Driving through Canyonlands National Park and seeing canyons cut from the Colorado and Green rivers as far as the eye could see.  
  • We also took a drive up the mountain (10,000′) to get out of the heat.  Seeing a sign for a lake, we took a dirt road up the main path and found a great spot.  Lots of fish rising to the surface but no keepers.  Hobie got excited about all the cows we passed on the road.

Comments (1)

Hi Miura’s!

Drew and I were just in Moab too! (Arches National Park) We were there August 5-7, we just hiked, no mountain biking at Slick Rock..maybe next time! We LOVED it!

We put on 4800 miles in 15 days……guess you guys were an inspiration, although 15 days is a little shy of 2 years! Tell you about it when we see you later in the year!

Love ya!

Cheryl & Drew

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