Apache Motel Moab

... him. Next thing I know Cleo is crying because Clay threw sand in her face and she has already retaliated with her own handful to his. Both are crying. Somehow in this desolate land, Dolly finds animal feces to eat. Brett is yelling at the dog, then yelling at the kids, and finally decides to just walk ahead for some peace and quiet and Dolly follows. Grandma, kids, and I sit on a rock and eat apples and drink water in silence. There are a ...

... very pleasant with a little breeze blowing. I took many, many pictures of every arch I saw coming and going. It was very unusual. I don't know if there is another place to compare with the sights that we saw today. We will be leaving for Durango, Co. tomorrow. Les is grilling some salmon for supper tonight. It is nice and cool with a breeze blowing and a few clouds.

... muted itself in awe, watching and listening as Geller's water bottle rolled and scratched its way about a quarter of a mile down the slope toward the base of the arch and past it into the abyss, never again to be seen by human eyes.<br><br>- Drinking microbrews with dinner in downtown Moab, talking with our waitress (whom very well could have been Mormon) about where all the Mormons are, and then almost ...

... trails. We ended the day very satisfied and decided to head out to Bryce Canyon and National Park instead of staying another night....a 6 hour drive through some of the most sceanic places in the country. It is all canyons and national parks. The biggest of which was Capitol Reef National Park...the first place we tried out echo's and where they actually worked. I was feeling the need for the road, and rather than camp in Dixie ...

... food meal of baked potatoes and salads at Wendy's in Moab. This is where it all started to go down hill. We should have known things were going south when they gave us regular ranch instead of light ranch. <br>- Gazed at the beauty of Arches at sunset on the 45-minute drive into the park to Devil's Garden campground in the back. <br><br> Things we did in Devil's Garden campground (aka How we know why it is called DEVIL'S ...

... was empty at night. Imagine finding it with fencing and full of heavy equipment for the new pipeline being built crossing the river! We pulled into an empty lot across the street and seeing no signs settled in for the night-uninterrupted, we hope. Snacks for supper-we are both tired tonight. May 5th-Ahh, no one knocking on our door last night, but we still didn't sleep well. We had expected early construction noises from about an acre of equipment but only saw one guy over there ...

... of a Johnny Cash song! Our brand new tent covered in red dust. Bridger Jacks towers in the background. More on these precious gems soon in the Towers section! What was beautiful about the weather was that we both got to experience spring in the desert for the first time. When we arrived, the trees were the same knarley branches you see ...

... Moab. But be sure to bring your XM radio or it's country music for 2 hours and you might feel the need to drive off the cliff. Once you get closer to Moab, the red rocks jutting out over the highway are something to experience. Kinda reminds me of a scene in City Slickers 2 - except without Jack Palance's constant asthma attack voice next to me. "This....*harrrr*..is...*harr*...the..* harr*...buffalo's...*harrr*.. back". After finally getting into ...

... started out well for 5 miles or so until we hit a patch of sand that was 100 yds or more. I tried to make it through it, but it was too deep for the both of us to try and make it through, so I managed through it far enough to get turned around and get back on the highway towards Moab. Check out the pictures. We finally made it into moab and this is still the high season along with a 1/2 marathon and a motorcycle race that is ...