Traveled from Snowville to Moab. The trip was uneventful except for the enormous amount of construction on I15 through Salt Lake City. Didn't make very good time as we made a couple of unnecessary fuel stops. Since I haven't been this way in 40 years I'm not familiar with the road. I didn't want to risk getting stuck out in the desert w/o fuel.
Moab is situated in the middle of some of the most spectacular scenery in Utah. I won't try to describe it, just look it up if you are interested. Unfortunately we will be limited to viewing what we can see from the truck. My wife injured her knee a couple of days ago. This will prevent us from doing any hiking or bike riding. I'm really disappointed about the bike riding. There's a cool bike trail that skirts the Colorado gorge just outside of Moab. I'm sorry that we won't be able to take it.
Moab itself is a real tourist trap. Block after block of tour companies, art galleries, souvenir shops, restaurants, motels, etc. There's a lot of people here, apparently because it's a Saturday. They are divided into two groups. There's the bike riders. They tend to be young, fit, and wearing counter culture or biking clothes. The other group are the ATV riders. They are older and dressed in protective clothing. The bikers tend to live in tents, the ATV'rs in RV's.
The campground borders public land with a set of ATV and bike trails that originate at the campground. That makes getting the dog some exercise very easy.
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