Smiting the Moabites

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Let the record books show…our visit to Arches National Park will be logged as a day of heat and gusty winds spent in a sea of humanity seeing the sights there to behold.

We started at the VC, stamped our books with three different stamps, and bought a sticker to go on the page.  Since the theater was not functioning, we did not view the spectacular movie to acquaint us with the park, so we headed out.  We stopped at most of the pull offs, and took several short walks to see the different formations and arches.



Barney, Betty & Wilma at Wolfe Ranch

Balanced Rock











Newspaper Rock

Delicate Arch



Stopped at the picnic area for our breakfast, but ate inside because of the excessive winds.  Then we finished our tour of the park. Wilma liked Canyonlands much better.

We stopped at the VC in Moab, picked up some brochures, and watched a blurry movie about what the whole area offers.  That kind of told us we didn’t really need to stop at the next thing we had planned (the Needles district of Canyonlands) because the sights involved some hiking in and Wilma’s knee isn’t doing much hiking right now.   We also stopped for a few groceries and fueled up in Moab.

Stopped down the road at a rest area for a short break, and Betty fixed our dinner that we ate at a windy picnic shelter.  We went on to see Newspaper Rock, then stopped at a small RV park in Monticello for the night.  After four days off grid, we are more than ready for a shower!  The inverter and mifi are working out pretty good to keep us off grid.  Glad to have them.

Monday am – we are also getting showers from the sky today to go along with extreme winds.  Our MPG will really take a dive.  We are planning on heading over to Hovenweep National Monument and stops in Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, then on to Mesa Verde National Park.

We will chisel out more on the rock pad later.