2013 Western Trip – Heading Down To Moab

After three days in Victor, ID (visiting Jackson Hole), we spent two days driving down to Moab Utah.  We spent the night in the KOA in Salt Lake City and it was pretty typical for a big, in-town KOA – nice but tight. 

The most interesting thing about the trip for me was the difference in landscape from the wheat fields of Idaho (saw way more wheat than potatoes) through the mountains of northern Utah, and into the near moonscape south of them.

Shortly after getting on I-70 we made a fuel stop in Green River, where a lady had a melon stand that even the semis were stopping at.  Bev said we still had a melon and pasted on these only to be told by Pat a few miles down the road that Green River is noted for its melons – she’d done a web search.  Surely we can find them 50 miles away in Moab.

We turned off I-70 onto US-191 and after some more dessert we dropped into the red rock canyons around Moab – reminded me of Sedona, AZ.

We stayed at the Portal RV Resort which is comprised of a campground and a resort where the sites are owned and rented out by the resort management.  We stayed in a yet to be landscaped spot in the resort, which turned out perfect for the dogs. 

Upon arrival, the campground was full due to an Airstream rally be held there but it looked different the next day with only one remaining.

The finished part of the resort had some very nice spots with a Koi pond in the center.

We’d been having the heaters come on during the night and I thought they did our first night in Moab as well, but it turns out it was the A/C and when I went out in my normal warm up suit I was way over-dressed.  This is the rocks west of us as the morning sun lights them up.

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Have a great day and thanks for stopping by Almost Heaven South.

Larry

9/9 - 9/10/2013 event date