MOAB

Adios, Lander WY!  It snowed the night before leaving, of course.  

We're on our way!

Red Canyon leaving Lander.

Our first destination was Moab, UT.  Moab is an outdoor enthusiast playground, which makes me think that the entire USA is our backyard now!  We barely scratched the surface of everything to do in Moab.  The weather was a little bit of an issue for our adventures (windy and sleet 😞), but we still got out there!

Our travel day involved staying 1 night at the KOA in Vernal, UT home of Dinosaurland!  We did not visit.  It was a great campground.  The next 3 nights were at Moab glamping and RV resort.  Apparently we got in just in time as their busy season starts April 1st-Thanksgiving.  The glamping part is your choice of canvas tent camping, teepee stays, travel trailer stays or 1 room cabins.  

Ok, on to MOAB!  1st day we spent hiking with the dogs to one of the few trails they're allowed on to Corona Arch.  There is a cable to help pull you up the slick rock, which was fun for us wearing hiking shoes, not so much for Duke.  It took Duke 10 minutes to figure out how to get up the rock.  Meanwhile, groups of people were making it up with the help of Otis running up and down the rock showing them the way.  A beautiful and astounding view of the mountains.  

We then decided to take a dirt road to Canyonlands Nat'l Park, it was great to get off the beaten path, even with one of the areas called "pucker pass".  It made for a check-your-seatbelt moment!  This took us to Schafer Road with 4 miles of switchbacks and 4x4 recommended, Jason was in heaven!  Also that day we drove through Arches Nat'l Park, yep there were more arches!😜 

Photos do not do this justice...we were SO high up!

Not THE balanced rock, but just another we found

The next day it was very cold and rain/snowing meaning we could relax in the morning.  The sun finally came out in the afternoon and took us exploring to Hell's Revenge 4x4 trail and fins n flaps trail.  A very iconic place that will be filled with 10000 jeeps come April!  Jason took our truck on some of the trails...no scraping (yay!).  We were really missing our old Jeep and side by side though.  Our last day in Moab we spent hiking up a 4x4 trail to the rim that overlooks Moab, trying to get the doggies tired so we could explore the town shops.  The trail wore us out too!  

  And, today we are on the road headed south.  We stopped by 4 corners and got the requisite photo.  Headed to Algodones, NM to an Alpaca farm for the night.

For those that wonder or have questions, we would love to answer them!  Next photos are of our RV open getting ready to close it up for travel (excuse the mess, but those slides have to come in and things on the floor need to get put up).

And, just a couple more of some funny things we heard/saw during our travels:

Give yourself a reason to laugh today!