This morning we left the Virginian Motel bright and early. Outside there were some bears; presumably rides for a local fair. We had breakfast across the street at the Moab Dinner—pretty good! That’s supposedly where all the locals go, and I might even believe it because the prices were really good.
Next we headed to Arches National Park. We saw a lot of arches and a lot of baby boomer tourists—from every country. We stopped at vista points and at hiking trails. We took a short walk around Balancing Rock. We took a 5-mile death hike from noon to 3 to Landscape Arch, Double O Arch, and the loop back. We had to do some decent hiking / climbing. One part in particular I was genuinely afraid I would fall and break my camera, if not my neck. Another part we had to scurry up a cliff face to avoid where the trail was flooded out.
After the Arches, we got an early dinner / late lunch at the Sidewinder Café (not sure on that name). Then we picked up some snacks for later at the grocery store and went looking for a camp ground. We ended up at Hal Canyon, which is really nice, basically camping at the bottom of a canyon right on the Colorado River. Only thing is we can’t have a camp fire, there was a little (very little) rain. That wasn’t too big a problem, the problem was it is really hot. We’re chilling out here for the night, drinking 3.2% Tecate and cheap California wine.
[Edit] Link to Road Trip Photos:
https://picasaweb.google.com/kaitlyn.hanrahan/20100802RoadTrip#
