We never thought we'd get to Moab, Utah on our tour: way too far east, but hey!, we made it, thanks to our love for these endless roads.
The only thing you have to do is sit back, relax (I'm not the one who's doing the driving) and enjoy the ever changing, always interesting wide screen views.
Utmost luxury.
Staying in Moab overnight meant a visit to either Arches National Park (NP) or Bridges NP, plus a quick route to Monument Valley. And I've been looking forward to going that road through the Valley for decades.
Moab first, and finally a place where it was fun to walk around.
American cities, whatever size, are built for cars. And we've been in many places where going on foot was an absolute nono.
We've also been to places where we were clueless as to where people bought their bread and groceries: looking in vain for 'normal' (ie. European) shops. Most times there are no other shops to buy your food but supermarkets.
Personally I'd be very unhappy if there was only a Wall Mart or a Safeway or a 7/eleven to get my daily stuff.
But Moab is really nice. It's for outdoor fanatics, it's Indian art, it's a lot of galleries and bio-cafe's and bakeries and veggie restaurants.
We ate at a restaurant where they even had vegan food and the food was good, plus they had 15 different, very special beers from small breweries. Mayor plus: for the first time this holiday we could sit outside!
So we had to choose between Arches and Bridges NP, both near Moab.
Massive dilemmas even occur on holidays.
Either: think Once upon a time in the West, where the older brother of Harmonica is hung on one of those huge red sandstone arches, although that arch was a prop, and these Arches are, erm, real.
Arches was only 4 mile north of Moab so Arches it was.
And again we were practically alone in the park.
I'm not kidding. US 50, Bryce, the route to Moab, even this Park: every now and then someone in sight, but most of the time we drove and walked alone.
Ok, Arches was slightly more crowded. Under the first and very beautiful arch there may have been 15 persons hanging about. But then when we went seriously bushwalking: following a trail off road to Delicate Arch, signposted by cairns, we walked in an apparently deserted countryside.
Fresh mountain air (elevation almost 2000 m), an already warm sun, blue skies, red earth, my old and trusted mountaineering boots, lot's of energy and a stunning landscape.
Utmost luxury!
The only thing you have to do is sit back, relax (I'm not the one who's doing the driving) and enjoy the ever changing, always interesting wide screen views.
Utmost luxury.
Staying in Moab overnight meant a visit to either Arches National Park (NP) or Bridges NP, plus a quick route to Monument Valley. And I've been looking forward to going that road through the Valley for decades.
Moab first, and finally a place where it was fun to walk around.
American cities, whatever size, are built for cars. And we've been in many places where going on foot was an absolute nono.
We've also been to places where we were clueless as to where people bought their bread and groceries: looking in vain for 'normal' (ie. European) shops. Most times there are no other shops to buy your food but supermarkets.
Personally I'd be very unhappy if there was only a Wall Mart or a Safeway or a 7/eleven to get my daily stuff.
But Moab is really nice. It's for outdoor fanatics, it's Indian art, it's a lot of galleries and bio-cafe's and bakeries and veggie restaurants.
We ate at a restaurant where they even had vegan food and the food was good, plus they had 15 different, very special beers from small breweries. Mayor plus: for the first time this holiday we could sit outside!
So we had to choose between Arches and Bridges NP, both near Moab.
Massive dilemmas even occur on holidays.
Either: think Once upon a time in the West, where the older brother of Harmonica is hung on one of those huge red sandstone arches, although that arch was a prop, and these Arches are, erm, real.
Arches was only 4 mile north of Moab so Arches it was.
And again we were practically alone in the park.
I'm not kidding. US 50, Bryce, the route to Moab, even this Park: every now and then someone in sight, but most of the time we drove and walked alone.
Ok, Arches was slightly more crowded. Under the first and very beautiful arch there may have been 15 persons hanging about. But then when we went seriously bushwalking: following a trail off road to Delicate Arch, signposted by cairns, we walked in an apparently deserted countryside.
Fresh mountain air (elevation almost 2000 m), an already warm sun, blue skies, red earth, my old and trusted mountaineering boots, lot's of energy and a stunning landscape.
Utmost luxury!
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