Travels: Grand Junction, CO to Moab, UT – 109 miles (4822 total miles) Accommodations: OK RV Park – full hookups
We woke up late – sometime around 9am – after a long, late night. Since we had no idea what the area looked like, we were pleasantly surprised with a beautiful, clean campground overlooking the red rock cliffs that we had driven through the night before on the scary, scenic night drive. We sat outside in the cool air and appreciated blue skies, the sun, red dirt, and the red cliffs that surrounded us.
After we cleaned up, Mason took the girls and I on a “walk”. I thought we would just walk around the asphalt road that looped around the campground. My sweet little four-year old had other things in mind. As I proceeded down the smooth loop, he directed us otherwise and lead us off-road to maneuver around low hanging trees, large rocks, and the like. We had to jump off of rocks and slide down small embankments. He was loving it. I was thinking that flip-flops were not the best choice for our “walk”. Finally, I convinced him we had to turn around and find Papa – good thing as the mountain was getting steeper. Love his adventurous spirit and desire to have control of our little adventure. We pulled out of this spot around noon and headed down the shorter side of the NOW scenic drive into Fruita, CO (how do you pronounce this, anyone?).
We picked up some groceries, gas, and of course the mouse traps. Set the mouse traps in the heater vents, and rolled out of Fruita on our way to Moab. And yes, we did know where we were staying tonight.
We took the 70 west to the 128, an alternate route into Moab. I know I said that the views and landscapes yesterday were amazing. Once again today we had breathtaking views. Red rocks, the wide Colorado River, blue skies, Fisher Tower – this was a magnificent canyon to drive through.
We pulled into a surprisingly great site at the OK RV Park outside of Moab, Utah around 4:30 pm. Had a fancy dinner of hot dogs, mac and cheese, veggies and hummus, and watermelon slices on the picnic table outside our trailer and enjoyed our FIRST day of no rain, comfortable temperatures, and a gorgeous view.
Marin: “Sissy look up the hill.” {Even Marin knew that there was something majestic about these mountains; she kept pointing at them and talking about them.}
Mason: “I’m just going to play Angry Birds with my finger. I just hit one of the green pigs.” {Connor?}
Mackenzie: “It IS the Colorado River.”
Dave: If I was as emotional as Courtney wished I was, I would have cried today when we came around the corner and saw the following. The picture doesn’t show the Colorado River right next to the road, or the sheer canyon around us – you can barely make out giant red columns and the snow-capped mountains in the distance. Best sight yet.
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June 14, 2010
Travels: Grand Junction, CO to Moab, UT – 109 miles (4822 total miles)
Accommodations: OK RV Park – full hookups
After we cleaned up, Mason took the girls and I on a “walk”. I thought we would just walk around the asphalt road that looped around the campground. My sweet little four-year old had other things in mind. As I proceeded down the smooth loop, he directed us otherwise and lead us off-road to maneuver around low hanging trees, large rocks, and the like. We had to jump off of rocks and slide down small embankments. He was loving it. I was thinking that flip-flops were not the best choice for our “walk”. Finally, I convinced him we had to turn around and find Papa – good thing as the mountain was getting steeper. Love his adventurous spirit and desire to have control of our little adventure. We pulled out of this spot around noon and headed down the shorter side of the NOW scenic drive into Fruita, CO (how do you pronounce this, anyone?).
We picked up some groceries, gas, and of course the mouse traps. Set the mouse traps in the heater vents, and rolled out of Fruita on our way to Moab. And yes, we did know where we were staying tonight.
We pulled into a surprisingly great site at the OK RV Park outside of Moab, Utah around 4:30 pm. Had a fancy dinner of hot dogs, mac and cheese, veggies and hummus, and watermelon slices on the picnic table outside our trailer and enjoyed our FIRST day of no rain, comfortable temperatures, and a gorgeous view.
Marin: “Sissy look up the hill.” {Even Marin knew that there was something majestic about these mountains; she kept pointing at them and talking about them.}
Mason: “I’m just going to play Angry Birds with my finger. I just hit one of the green pigs.” {Connor?}
Mackenzie: “It IS the Colorado River.”
Dave: If I was as emotional as Courtney wished I was, I would have cried today when we came around the corner and saw the following. The picture doesn’t show the Colorado River right next to the road, or the sheer canyon around us – you can barely make out giant red columns and the snow-capped mountains in the distance. Best sight yet.