Memorial in Moab

Hi my peoples.  Today I am posting from hot and roasty Moab.  In July last year, we joined in with a group of my friends and put down a reservation for this weekend.  We are in an RV park with cabins.  Philip and I have a cute "small" cabin.  It has a queen bed, bunk beds, fridge, stove, and air conditioning...thank god.  We were suppose to have a cabin by the potty but alas we did not get that cabin.  We have a cabin that faces west.  And the shade tree just got planted....but we are making the best of it.  There are about 35 people in the group.  Several I work with.  A few I met through book club, and a few I've just met at various gatherings.  This is one of the most friendly and welcoming groups of people I've met.  We signed up to participate in the group meals so we make 1 meal over the weekend with another family and someone else makes the rest the meals...well except lunch.  We are on our own for lunch.   We are doing dinner tomorrow (Sunday).  This morning, after enjoying group breakfast, we made a lunch and got ready and went to Arches.

The view from our cabin.  There is a little tree (stick) next to that red rock.

Philip playing a little morning guitar on our porch.  He is so good.

 

 I've been to Arches before but I'll tell you, it was like all new to me again.  The only one I really remembered was Delicate Arch.  Since I am no longer able to hike, I had looked up different things to see and do for disabled people.  We mostly just drove around snapping pictures all over.  We did do the walk to the look out at Delicate Arch.  I remember walking to the arch when I was younger.  It is bitter sweet to visit again.  The park is pretty crowded this weekend.  We were glad we got an early start to avoid the heat of the day and probably bigger crowds.  But there were people everywhere.  Some places, there was absolutely no where to park if you wanted to hike a little.  There were also several tour buses full of foreign tourists.  We ran into an Asian group.  There was also a French bus.  I got to hear a big group of women talking French while I was waiting at an outhouse.  I hope they brought dollars because we don't like Euro here (little humor regarding the money issue we had at the French island of Guadeloupe).  We found a nice scenic pull out to enjoy our sandwiches.  It was great fun.

 

Delicate Arch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After Arches, we decided to go ahead and go down Potash Road to see the petroglyphs.  I had read about them in my disability internet search.  It is a lovely uncrowded road.  It follows along the Colorado River.  After about 5 miles, there is a pull over where you can easily see the petroglyphs.  We were very glad I printed off some literature about them so we knew were to look.  There were also lots of people rock climbing.  There was a turn off to see dinosaur footprints but when we got there, we couldn't really figure it out and from what my research said, they are way off in the distance and tricky to find so we decided to skip it.  We really enjoyed that side drive and it was way cool to see the petroglyphs.

 

They call this "Wall Street".  It is the sheer cliffs along Potash Road.

The Colorado River

 

Petroglyphs.  The internet says these are from 500 AD.

Tomorrow I think we will go to Canyonlands.  It wasn't huge on our list but it would be fun to do while we are here and a nice way to spend a few hours.

Mobility wise, I'm making a good effort to get around and do stuff.  The camp ground is mostly loose gravel and there are lots of things you have to step up for.  Our cabin has a good size step as well but so far so good.

We are enjoying our run away and I am so thankful I have met such great people that include me in their fun plans.