SIT landed at the Spanish Trail RV Park on the outskirts of
Moab on Sunday April 14. This location and date were established before we
started our adventure. You see Tom and Becky (close friends and next door neighbors) take spring trips each year with
their motorhome and this time we could do the same!
Additional friends also met up there and it just turns out
Steve, Izzy and I ran into Everett and Nancy at the Desert Bar out of Parker
Arizona. We didn’t know each other then, but they were gracious enough to let
Izzy hang out in their shade. Small
world isn’t it??
The first night there, Steve decided he wanted to seek
revenge on Old Moe and set out to fish the Colorado. So he loaded up his fishing gear and took off
into the sunset. He found a spot, settled in and didn’t catch a thing. The
water might have been just a tad too cold!
I think Steve was a bit bored while trying to catch Old Moe!
The Colorado River at Moab
We began the week with a bit of touring the area. We had a great tour guide, Phil, who retired
from the Forest Service and has a daughter that lives in Moab so he has done a
bit of exploring over the years.
Our first stop was Sego Canyon. The weather wasn’t the
nicest but the scenery was great. We did a bit of hiking and exploring in the
area. Phil also took us to a brothel
that he had been to in a previous visit. I won’t go into details, but needless
to say it had seen better days as it had collapsed and was now just boards on
the ground. That didn’t discourage us though. We kept looking around and Steve
found remnants of a clay pot and we even stumbled upon an old cemetery. Although evidence suggests someone still comes to visit the
residents.
Cemetery at Sego Canyon
I think there might be hidden treasures!
Phil explaining to Tom how he knew about the Brothel
We left Sego Canyon and headed to Dead Horse Point. Not sure
why it is called that, but it had a killer view! The weather could have cooperated a bit more
but that didn’t preclude us from doing a little hiking and picture taking.
Hey is Old Moe down there?
The view from the top
We took advantage of the local golf course and managed to
play with Tom and Becky, Bob and Karen Copes, and Phil and his daughter
Karen. They had just plugged the greens
so we were offered to play for free. Now who couldn’t resist that deal,
right! We just won’t talk about our
game!!
We were enjoying the time there but the weather just wasn’t
to the warm marker yet, so Steve and I decided to extend into the next week to
take advantage of warmer weather to do some exploring in Arches and other
places. Tom and Becky were leaving
Sunday, so we still wanted an adventure with them. We decided to rent a Razor
ATV for Friday. So off we go!
We had a great time and stopped a few places to do some
hiking. Steve captured part of our trip on
video when Tom was driving. I tried to upload it but it had issues so will keep trying and update the blog if I am successful.
Getting bounced around wasn’t enough for us, so we went to
Monticello Utah to get bounced around on a golf course there. Now the course
setting was quite beautiful, but the climate experience wasn’t quite so nice.
Steve and I are normally fair weather golfers but we figured heck if Tom,
Becky, Bob and Karen can do it so can we!
Next time we will stick with our fair weather philosophy as it didn’t feel
good on our joints. However we had fun!
Tom, Becky, Bob, Karen, Everett and Nancy all pulled up
stakes Sunday to head back to Meridian.
We spent Sunday relaxing and cleaning the house. Monday we headed to Arches National Park.
What an amazing creation. We stopped at
the various places and I was able to get out and do some hiking. Steve and Izzy
hung back and waited as Steve’s back wasn’t willing to hike much right
now. I took tons of pictures but
selected just a portion of them for your viewing pleasure. These just don’t do
it justice but you’ll get the flavor of the country.
I thought I saw a lizard
Just one of the views in the park
That's a big hole
The Window
Turret Arch
Why doesn't it fall?
In search of Sand Arch
I found Sand Arch
No this isn't Steve and Tory
Delicate Arch
On My Way to Landscape Arch
Landscape Arch
The snow looms
The next day we took a drive along the Colorado River and
found a road along Onion Creek (Bureau of Land Management) so we decided why
not! It was a neat place to stumble upon
and Izzy got to get out and do some exploring along with getting her mile run
in. Unfortunately running in this area
turns her white paws red. Don’t tell her
that, as she likes white much better!
Along Onion Creek
When we got back to the RV park, Steve decided he wanted to
take the motorcycle up a trail near the park and see if he could continue on
the trail that we had taken the razor down late Friday. Off he goes. Forgot to tell you that he
thought it would be great to make a video of Steve’s Wild Ride so he strapped
the GoPro camera to his helmet. As he
got to the spot where we turned around the razor (it appeared to end) he found
the trail to continue. So guess what?
Yap, he kept going. One would think no
big deal, right? Well as it turns out it
was a big deal as he ended up catching his left foot (yes the bad ankle side)
on a rock. He forgot one minor detail
about his motorcycle riding now as compared to before. His left foot sits
farther forward on the peg since his ankle doesn’t flex. Back to catching it on the rock, OUCH! When I watched the video I didn’t hear
anything that had to get bleeped out but it certainly hurt like *#@@!
He managed to get turned around and head for home. We
doctored it once we got his boot off which consisted all of putting an ice pack
on it and giving him some drugs. I think
he was just too scared to face me on the golf course the next day, don’t you?
I have a big ouch
Can I lick it and make it feel better
I did play golf Wednesday with Steve as my driver and coach. When we finished we headed for home to
prepare the house for its next location.
We pulled out Thursday morning with Torrey Utah as our destination so we
can explore the Capital Reef National Park and then continue on to Bryce and
Zion!
Stayed tuned for SIT in Capital Reef NP!
I decided instead of cooking our last night we would go out
to dinner at Café Diablo. The restaurant
is a unique southwestern affair and the menu was very interesting and
inviting. The food was wonderful and the
presentation was a work of art. Steve
decided he needed pictures to show everybody but I am more inclined to believe
he wants me to try and imitate it someday!
