We found a park. Slickrock Campground. Kind of cramped and dated, but friendly staff . They advertised Wi-Fi, but we never could connect for the three nights we stayed. The reason for no updates to the blog for several days.
Nothing but dirt/sand for parking areas which made for a dirty RV. Afraid no recommendations for this one. Not a great place to manage four dogs, but they didn't mind.
Finn Mactavish
After setting up, I took the Jeep back through town to visit an acquaintance who runs a motorcycle shop on the other end of town. Afterwards, I stopped off in town to pick up some grub at the grocery store.
Out last visit to Moab was in 1988. What a change. Like 1,000 percent growth. Very busy with mountain bikers, Jeeps, and ATVs. The Jeep blended right in being that I had our two mountain bikes on the back of the Jeep. In fact, they were the same two mountain bikes we had here in 1988. I guess we haven't worn them out yet.
Sunday...Our task - visit Arches National Park. The entrance was just a couple of miles up the road from our campground. Graced through the entrance free gratis via our Senior Access Pass. Saturday night it rained and rained hard. Not exactly the norm for Moab and definite "don't go there when wet" for the typical Jeep back roads. So, here we are in Arches NP on paved road with the other motorized tourists. The pictures were a difficult due to more rain that came down pretty continually for the rest of the day. Even a little hail to go along with the thunder and lightening.
Visitor Center for Arches NP
One plus for a rare rainy day in Arches is the falls descending from the buttes over the bare rock.
With all the rain, getting close was a problem. I had a rain coat.so leaving Judy and the dogs in the Jeep with the heater on, I trudged up for a closer look at one of the more substantial arches.
View from one arch to the next.
Usually the colors are reddish, but not always.
Tomorrow...Canyon Lands National Park.
Monday...Still a little wary of off-roading due to wet, we hit Canyon Lands National Park. Another paved road adventure avoiding the typical tourists. BUT, a great view of some of the better dirt roads for another day/visit.
White dot in the pic is a pickup....same pickup in this picture...
View back down the canyon the other direction.
No rain today, but it was pretty cool up here so a coat was the norm.
We stopped for a snack at a picnic ground. A pair of locals seemed to want a share and were not afraid to cozy up close for their cut. Now this drove the dogs crazy as Finn and Millie have this thing about large black birds.
A close look down below and you can see what is called the White Rim Trail. This route was suggested as a non-technical 4x4 trail (long day) that we may have to come back to check out.
Heading back down from Canyon Lands NP, we took a side trip over to Dead Horse State Park. A very nice park with more fantastic views.
Colorado River far below.
Tomorrow we leave Moab...we've decided we've seen enough Utah rocks and are looking forward to starting back home to Montana and our own personal style of scenery.
Tuesday...Up early, water dogs, pack up Gus, hook up the Jeep and down the road. More scenery on our chosen route. But the adventure continues. We were traveling well and took a quick lunch break at a rest stop on a rather remote stretch of highway. Started back up only find a ways down the road, the traffic wasn't trafficking. We were behind a large semi and a small car and couldn't see far down the road. We ended up stopped for an hour and forty five minutes. W a y down the road a FedEx truck had an accident in a construction zone. He didn't see the flag man and stopped cars until too late and ended up hitting a car and going off the road. Judy's picture as we past when the traffic was finally moving again.
Continuing on, we finally hit I15 going north and started looking for an RV park. Missed a couple of exits and finally hit one in American Fork, but ran into a WalMart before finding an RV park soooo... we stayed on the cheap and hit the road early Wednesday morning.
Wednesday...Finally catching up on the Blog. We were rolling along great, hit a Casino at Fort Hall, dropped five bucks in the machines, had lunch and and kept on trucking on up to Montana and pulled in for the night at an RV Park in Dillon. Tomorrow...HOME!!!!
Thursday...Home again. We stayed the night at a great little RV Park just south of Dillon. Plenty of grass for the dogs to roam, great views. Pack up and truck for home. We made it back with a leisurely pace stopping for gas in Deer Lodge. Home by 2:00 PM.
Thanks for coming along. Until our next adventure...
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