Moab, UtahMay 28, 2009
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this looked like an owl from far away, but this was only...
Here is the view to the north and west of my site
different sizes of cabins can be rented as well here
Today, I strolled through the city of Moab and learned some things at the Visitor Center on the corner of Main and Center Streets (right in the center of town)! There is a lot to do around this area so I am glad I am here for 5 more days!
I will probably ride on two scenic byways, visit Dead Horse Point State Park, and see both Arches and Canyonlands National Parks. Many movies were filmed around here, and not just westerns. The Greatest Story Ever Told was filmed in part here because they thought it looked like the Middle East. It looked like a part of China for the pilot of MacGyver, the Grand Canyon where Thelma and Louise drove off of a cliff and some other movie that needed the Grand Canyon in it, and another world for Spacehunter and Mission Impossible II
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There are lots of petroglyphs and pictographs done by very early people who hunted mammoths and such, by Anasazi (now called ancestral Puebloans), the Fremont Indians who lived at the same time but from here and north, and more recently, by Ute Indians until the White man came along. There are also dinosaur footprints around this neck of the woods, or rocks!
There are activities such as ATVing, mountain biking, hiking, rafting - both whitewater and floating, and even sky diving offered here. They used to hang glide from Dead Horse Point State Park, but that was prohibited since the 1980s because of the danger it posed and the insurance the park would need to have. I may do a little hiking as long as it's not extreme and I might even put my kayak in if the water is calm enough. I was told the water is high right now, so the Colorado River is moving swiftly. I could kayak downstream then hitchhike back to my car if I was brave, so the guy told me. I'm brave, but I have never hitch-hiked in my life and I can't see myself starting now!
The pictures are mostly views from my campground which is right across from the entry road to the Canyonlands and Dead Horse.
