Get me to Moab!

We just spent 3 glorious days in Moab, Utah.  It wasn’t on our list of places to visit.  But then again, we really didn’t have a list, other than the Canadian Rockies.  Jason, Jim’s nephew suggested Moab…and we are glad he did.

To get there, we had to go by way of Salt Lake City.  We knew west of Salt Lake City were the Bonneville Salt Flats.  If you have seen the movie “The World’s Fastest Indian” (the Indian is a type of motorcycle), you will know what we are talking about.  This is where all the land speed records are set.  We can now say we have seen the Salt Flats.  There was supposed to be a “speed Week” (people show up to drive fast!) when we were in the area, but recent rains have made the salt slushy.  So Speed Week was cancelled, and so was any desire by us to drive out onto the Flats.  We just admired it from a distance.

Jason’s suggestion for Salt Lake City was to get around it as fast as you can.  And we did.  It was still raining, so we got to see a rainbow.  But because it was around 5:00 pm, we got to see a lot of traffic too.  We got south of Salt Lake City and “camped” at a Wal-Mart that night.  That proved convenient, as one of the electrical outlets in the RV failed.  And that outlet is the one used for my beloved crock pot!  It was easy one-stop shopping for Jim and he got the outlet repaired.

On the way to Moab, we stopped at the Visitor’s Center in the town of Green River.  How often do you see the world’s largest slice of watermelon and a Tesla Charging Station (Tesla being a pricey electric car) in the same parking lot.

Arches National Park
Upon arrival in Moab, we got a campsite (thank goodness! We didn’t realize it was the busy season!).  We then headed to Arches National park.  Most of the rocks are made of easily eroded sandstone.  The pictures will tell the story.  The scenery was phenomenal.

Jim also decided to take our clean, almost new, 4 wheel drive Jeep on some back roads.  Nothing like some red mud all over your car.  Ugh.  It had just rained A LOT, so some of the “roads” were very muddy.

Jet Boat
The next day, we decided to take a jet boat tour down the Colorado River.  We decided on the 3 hour, 64 mile round trip tour.  We had been looking at the Colorado River from up high.  It was kind of cool to see everything from below.  The ride started out rainy, but the sun popped out after an hour.  Again, what great scenery.  We saw the butte that Thelma and Louise drove off of (see IMDB.com if you don’t know what I’m talking about).  And we heard lots of the guide’s stories about all the movies that are made in the Moab area.  Can you imagine being being on a jet boat tour with Kurt Russell?

Dead Horse Point State Park
During the jet boat tour, our guide pointed out Dead Horse Point.  It was a butte way up that you can drive out to.  So that was our adventure for the following day.  We were able to see exactly where we had been the previous day on the river.

Moab is an area we will definitely be back to.  We didn’t get to Canyonlands National Park.  And we would love to rent a mud buggy and really see some of the back country.  But not this trip…we need to keep pushing East.

One final note…the scenery in Utah reminded us of the scenery in the movie Cars.  So we popped the DVD in and watched it while in Moab.  Next time you watch the move, look for the arches and the Mountain Monograms.

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