A Grand Trip to Moab - Beautiful Red Rock Country

May was a great month to go to Moab and the company was excellent - Scott and Marianne Robison stayed with us in our fifth wheel and Steve and Jackie camped in their fifth wheel.  Scott has a large trailer that held all the 4-wheelers and us and Duerdens carried our bikes.  Each day was a little bit of joy enjoying all the things about Moab.  The flowers and cactus were in full bloom, the desert was truly blossoming.

The first day Steve arranged with his friends, the Knowles, a 4-wheeling trip across the red rocks, to tunnel springs and beyond.  It was a great trip, a little windy, but that kind of helped blow the dust away from us as we followed along wagon train style.  Don't know how the pioneers stood all the dust in their eyes, hair and teeth.  Things got a little crazy when we were on the slick rock and Steve was trying to be macho by climbing hills that should be walked.  No one was hurt, it was a successful day.

The next day it was off to hike Corona Arch and see the splattered blood pools.  This is the arch that people swing from.  It was overcast and windy so I think that was why we didn't have entertainment - yea right, no one wants to splatter again like the last guy that tried it.

If you lose your way, stack rocks.  Everyone else has.

The next day it was off to Arches to ride the bikes.  Our initial goal was to ride all the way into and out of Arches on the bikes.  That didn't happen.  We drove to the last group of arches - double O and Landscape.  From there, Jackie and I took a short hike to Landscape.  Theron and Steve started down the road riding their bikes and we were supposed to pick them up down the hill.  Well, Theron had a better idea.  They found a dirt trail that led down so it was talk Steve into mountain biking with his coaster bike.  They rode from the top of Arches to the road leading up to Dead Horse Point.  Jackie and I picked up our bikes at  Arches main parking lot and road the 10 or so miles to meet them.  All total, Theron road about 50 miles that day.  What a stud.

That's the end of the trip, it was a short one, but packed full of activity.  Not bad for a group of "young" senior citizens.  Oh, you have to have the token flat tire on the way home.  Glad it was Scott.