Moab is a small town in the desert Southwest, known for its natural beauty and its proximity to the Colorado River and 3 National/State Parks; The Canyon Lands National Park, Arches National Park and Dead Horse State Park. June is a very busy time of year in Moab, and Vacation Rentals and hotels fill up quickly. We were very fortunate to find a last minute VRBO (Vacation Rentals By Owner) right in town that was still available, and they even reduced the rate for us, since it would otherwise probably go unrented for the weekend. The name of our VRBO was Rancho Fandango.
We left for Moab at about 5:00 on Friday evening, as soon as Steve could get off work, and made our way through the beautiful Rocky Mountains on I-70 West. When you live in a place like Colorado, you tend to take its beauty and grandness for granted, but a trip through the mountains always reminds us of how lucky we are to live in such an amazing place. Traffic into the mountains can be quite heavy on Friday afternoons, but we got lucky and sailed right along.
The excessive amounts of rain the last few days had caused a rock slide in Glenwood Canyon yesterday, but the road maintenance crews had already cleaned it up, and the highway was back open, with only one lane closed where there was still some mud and desbris on the road. We ate dinner in the car, and took a few quick stretch breaks, and found ourselves in Moab at about 10:30 pm.
Since we’ve had so much rain in Colorado this spring, the drive was definitely the greenest we have ever seen it, and the rivers are very full. When we finally hit the Colorado River, right around Gypsum, Colorado, we were happy to see how full it was, with lots of mud and white-water rapids. Since the Colorado River runs on the west side of the continental divide, it is the river that provides water to all of the western states like Utah, Nevada, California and Arizona. This extremely wet year will hopefully help fill Lake Powell and Lake Meade, which have been very low on water for about the last 10 years.
One thing we’ve learned with our little mini-vacations is that if you do something fun on your arrival night, instead of just going to bed, it makes your quick trip seem so much longer. So upon arrival, we grabbed some wine and beer and headed to the hot tub. It was clean and well maintained, and was just what we needed after a 5+ hour drive.
When we finally got out of the hot tub, we poured ourselves into bed, and slept like babies.
Since we’ve had so much rain in Colorado this spring, the drive was definitely the greenest we have ever seen it, and the rivers are very full. When we finally hit the Colorado River, right around Gypsum, Colorado, we were happy to see how full it was, with lots of mud and white-water rapids. Since the Colorado River runs on the west side of the continental divide, it is the river that provides water to all of the western states like Utah, Nevada, California and Arizona. This extremely wet year will hopefully help fill Lake Powell and Lake Meade, which have been very low on water for about the last 10 years.
One thing we’ve learned with our little mini-vacations is that if you do something fun on your arrival night, instead of just going to bed, it makes your quick trip seem so much longer. So upon arrival, we grabbed some wine and beer and headed to the hot tub. It was clean and well maintained, and was just what we needed after a 5+ hour drive.
When we finally got out of the hot tub, we poured ourselves into bed, and slept like babies.
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