More Moab and more amazing scenery, it is never ending here !

Where are we today

Moab Utah

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    What a great nights sleep we had so quiet here. Up early waiting for the sun to rise then a bit of a walkabout. 

    Then Suzie and I discussed today’s plan to see if we were both on the same wave length.

    The plan was to tour the rest of the Arches National park that we did not got to yesterday. So we took off at 9 am and headed on down the road, the pass we bought yesterday is good for 7 days. So we saw what we wanted to see and even hiked a few small trails. Now if we were real hikers we could sure spend many days here exploring. 

Salt Valley

       We stopped at the lookout for Delicate Arch but had to do a moderate (aggressive for us not climbers) hike about 1/2 mile to a view point. There is another trail 3 mile aggressive hike to get closer but don't think so.

Delicate arch

first cactus we have seen this winter

Fiery Furnace

      Then we came to Sand Dune Arch a very short walk through a narrow passage and across some deep white sand, wow very interesting.

through here

pretty narrow

beach sand

here it is, we found it

     This was done by noon and we came back home for a light lunch. Then headed back out by 12:30 to take a scenic drive along the Colorado Riverway on 279 (Potash Road) A nice 2 hour drive checking out some more amazing scenery. Have I said what an amazing area this is?

we followed the Colorado River

Petroglyphs 

Jug Handle Arch

       At the end of the road is a huge Potash Plant.

         Heading back along the river we checked out this BLM campground right on the banks of the Colorado, only $15.00 a night but no cell or internet service. We spoiled.

Beautiful Campsite with a view

        A but further we saw a bunch of rock climbers.

         Home by mind afternoon so now we can relax and enjoy our e-readers in the sun. 78f is awesome !
     Now it has been 10 days since we have set up our Weber Q and we are having Weber withdrawal. So because we can I set it up and we grilled some chicken pieces, added to our salad with cantaloupe and we had a wonderful supper.

wind screen in place

love the smell of chicken on our grill

yummy? yup

      Getting dark before 7pm now inside for the night, read a bit post the blog and figure what we might do here tomorrow. Thinking Canyon Lands National Park but that is another $25.00 permit and we would only do a drive through. There is other things to see in the area and maybe another scenic drive, we do enjoy those as well.
     Thanks again for stopping by and enjoying this amazing scenery with us. Mind you the pictures really do not do justice to what is actually here.

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