Moab Utah

 

Presently in Moab Utah

Monday June 17, 2024

We’re in a series of two day stays so it is moving time again this morning. Don’t take that as a negative, we enjoy the journey as much as the destination, sometimes more. Our trip today retraced the route through Capitol Reef National Park on highway 24.

Highway 24 thru Capitol Reef


 
The national Park section of the route was mile after mile of uplifted plates from the earth’s core. Further on it became almost a moon scape, the entire route from Torres to Moab was a variegated changing pattern of colored rock formations. 

Downtown Moab



Moab has changed a lot since the last time we visited here, with many new modern hotels. There are lots of restaurants, brew pub’s and gift stores. That’s not to say the focus of the tourism industry has changed. Moab is still strongly oriented toward off road adventures. You can rent motorcycles, UTVs and jeeps. There is pretty much any activity that will put sand in your shorts!

Lots of businesses in town rent these UTV's



As we have been doing in all these two day stops, we explore the town on the afternoon we get there. On the 2nd day we do whatever the main attraction for the place is. That has mostly been National Parks and although its debatable it is the main attraction, the entrance to Arches National Park is right here in downtown Moab. 

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