Moab in a parking lot

Moab is a beautiful, harsh playground.

We started out the weekend sprawled in a line of sleeping bags trying to block out the sounds of cars roaring past us. We arrived in moab at 4 in the morning on saturday with a list of campsites. You would think that there would be one free campsite in 10 campgrounds, right??? If a open campsite existed, we could not find it. We pulled over into the raft put in, in Castle Canyon and crashed in the parking lot. (In the picture the road is in the background...)

We headed into town to get all the supplies we forgot. Big surprise for those of you who know me, but in this case it was only ice and gum. I think Jamie might've needed some coffee but we were not about to let her have any.

One of my favorite things about going to moab is the water coming straight out of the side of the mt. The tap is always a lifesaver. Plus the water tastes sweet.

I wish we had a pic of the jeep we took. It looked like a wheelie would happen at any moment. Of course, 5 bikes, 5 people and assorted camping gear probably exceed anything rating a jeep would have for that sort of thing. On second thought I do have one!!


Anyway, with the nose of the jeep pointed skyword we headed out to the Klondike Bluff trail. Almost any trail in moab is cool, but the main features of the Klondike bluff trail are dinasour tracks and a breathtaking view of Arches National Monument. Outside of the rampart resoviour trail, I think this was probably one of the longest mountain bike rides the girls had ever done. This was Dave, Allison and Jamie's first experience with slick rock, and I know at least dave loved it, maybe it is just a guy thing to be awed at the terrain as much as the views.

And as a preview of the next episode please see the picture below. The next episode includes miller light and McDee's icecream at the same time!!!