We got up this morning to a nearly abandoned
campground. There were still a tent and
a couple of campers but no people.
Really quiet morning having coffee along the river with no noise but the
river, and occasional jumping fish and a few birds – very peaceful.
We loaded up our chairs and rolled out of camp about 10am to
a morning with no sun and no rain. Our
path along UT128 followed the Colorado River to Moab, UT. We passed several more BLM primitive
campgrounds (like ours last night) and saw a couple of Dude Ranches as well but
the morning drive was generally just a slow meandering one that mirrored the
river.
Then came Moab! I’m
not quite sure what I was expecting but it wasn’t the traffic, never ending No
Vacancy (motel and campground) signs and dozens of stoplights that we
encountered.
We quickly reversed course and headed up US191 to Arches
National Park. At the visitor center, we
stamped our National Parks Passport and watched the informative film about the
park and the forces that created this unique area then prepared lunch in the
parking lot before heading up the mountain for the park itself.
Beautiful, stunning, many wows, fantastic – then sensory
overload began to kick in. This park
really needs to be viewed slowly rather than at our breakneck speed of
20-30mph. Everywhere you look another
spectacular sight awaits the eye.
We left the park around 4 and had to drive 50 miles to Green
River to find a campground that had some space (Shady Acres RV Park &
Campground). We barely got setup when
the thunderstorms hit and we had a noisy 30 minutes.
Odometer: 79490
Miles Today: 199 Total: 2201
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