Moved to Moab Rim Campground

After a cold night of 34 degrees, it was time to come down from the high altitudes, to where it was a little warmer. Heck, it was so nice that I took Joyce out for a nice lunch.

This is the camp ground where we are now, note the grass! No bad for $14 a night.

Took a ride to town to do the tourist thing and walk in and out of all the shops.
Then it was off to the grocery store to stock up on goodies.

A day in Arches

Mac took the day off today and decided to sleep in while Joyce and I went to the park. We were both a little tired from our back road trip yesterday so we decided not to do a lot of hiking today.

Balance Rock

The three Gossips
Tower of Babel
Delicate Arch
Turret Arch
North Arch
On our way back from Landscape Arch

Landscape Arch
Double Arch
View from a high point
Another view of the park with the snow capped LaSal Mountains in the background
Just caught this radical Jeep going down the road.

It was a cool cloudy day and when we returned to the campground it began to rain. It is now cold and the rain is mixed with snow, so tomorrow we move down from the high altitude to where it's warmer in Moab.

As we were leaving the Park, I took this short video. It was cold and windy but the view was beautiful.

Happy Mothers Day from Canyonlands

Canyonlands National Park can be entered from different sections. We came in to the section called Island in the Sky where the park is mainly viewed from the top or the Mesa. There are some nice pull-offs for viewing the canyon but we wanted to get up close and personal.

We found a road (Shafer Trail) that would take us into the canyon. This road is one lane wide and carved out of the rock. There were no guard rails, and the drop-offs would mean the end if you messed-up. There were a few areas where you could hug an edge for oncoming traffic. A Jeep or 4-wheel drive vehicle with high ground clearance is a must because the road is NOT maintained, and there were some large rocks that had to be driven over.

The road can be seen as viewed from the top of the Mesa

More of the road as it meanders along below.

This is at the start of the road from the top of the Mesa

Here we go!

The Canyon below
Road through the Canyon
More of the Road
Working our way to the bottom

A stop to look at the Colorado River

Another shot of the river
More of the river

Video of our start down the road.

We're back online from Moab, Utah

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We just landed in Moab and will be going to Canyonlands and Arches National Parks this week as well as some more off-roading with a hundred other Jeeps. This place is like the Jeep capital of the world and we'll try to get some pic's of the radical Jeeps as we see them.
Now I am going to try to catch up on the postings that I missed over the last couple of days. First, I was lucky enough to pass two more Kidney stones (OUCH!), hope there's no more!
We did an off road trip that took us through Cathedral Valley on a 60 mile loop. This was 60 miles of rough dirt road and total solitude. Below are some of the pictures that we took along the way along with a short video.

Temple of the Sun & Moon

Large Gypsum Deposit

Temple of the Sun

Road traveled through Cathedral Valley

More of the same road

I tried but couldn't do it.

A section of the road crosses this river.Below are a couple of short videos, but they really don't do the area justice.

Lunch break in Cathedral Valley



Video below is of a section of Capital Reef that I wanted to attach to my last post but couldn't due to a slow connection.