Ramada Inn Moab

... Long day (and our last true road day (after this it's just a grind getting back to California. Wow! It looks so far away on the map! I understand that we're heading back to High 90's days from the mid 70's we've enjoyed all month on the road. C'est la vie!

... down the bob sled like a bat out of hell, taking the 18 curves really fast. Tegz came down so sedately that she caused a crash with the bloke behind her!<br><br>A really good morning; I think we'll be back here, we've all fallen in love with Park City!<br><br>We journeyed on to Moab, passing the spot where we tried to buy gas from a deserted gas station 2 years ago. Guess what? It's now reopened! We also passed Moab airport ...

... to walk but .3 miles one way this time. It is hot and muggy out and though the trail is flat decided it was more than Charlie could handle today. So back through the dunes, and he loved playing in them, where he saw the connector road and though it is listed as very difficult he just had to try it. We lost the road at one point and ended out on a big rock with about a 1000 drop below us! Eerie! Especially when we were all alone. Turned around and then got misplaced looking for the ...

... out of state beer (regular beer!) for us!! <br> The last day of her visit we headed to Cedar Mesa to do one of the Mule Canyon hikes. We decided that we were going to take it easy that day and just do part of the hike. We had been telling her how much she'd appreciate this place after spending the day before with the crowds in Arches, but when we got to the trailhead there were about 8-9 cars there!! If that had been in a park it wouldn't ...

Canyonlands - Arches National Park - Moab<br>Vom Canyonlands NP aus bin<br>ich nach Moab gefahren, denn die Campingplaetze im Arches NP muss man<br>schon lange vorher reservieren und Moab ist nur 2 Meilen entfernt.<br>Ausserdem ist der Luxus einer Stadt nach ueber einer Woche doch mal<br>wieder sehr angenehm - ein Campingplatz mit Duschen und sogar mit Pool<br>und Whirlpool...das ist doch angenehm. Dafuer sind die Campplaetze<br>viel, viel kleiner als in den Nationalparks - man ...

... en hoewel het uitzicht er telkens mooi is, hebben we er geen optimale dag uitgekozen om dit gebied te bezoeken. De gehele canyon is nogal mistig (door luchtvervuiling, bosbranden, nevel, ... wie zal het zeggen?) en dat terwijl we hier op zo'n grote hoogte over de canyon uitkijken dat je vanuit een vliegtuig nauwelijks een beter zicht zou hebben. Het landschap is bijzonder indrukwekkend maar het geeft niet goed op foto. Op de terugweg naar Moab gaan we ook naar het ...

... each of the different rapids. One woman mentioned that on the most difficult rapid, called White's Rapid, that we should get out and skip it, but everyone else told us a strategy to avoid the main hazard there so we figured we'd be fine. And we had practiced our rescues in California before we left, so we knew what to expect if things didn't exactly go to plan. We got up early to be the first on the water and avoid the hordes of rafting trips. The water was ...