Travelogue; Moab

It's the final chapter of the Travelogue.

Better late than never. It's been great reliving

this trip through the blog posts, and finishing it

off feels just like it did when the trip ended.

Our final day of our road trip, we headed to 

Moab, UT where we would spend the day at

Arches National Park, and finish out the night

at Moab Under Canvas.

We started out in Arches, driving the scenic route,

and stopping every now and then to view points,

such as balancing Rock and then taking a easy 1 mile

round trip hike to view our first Arch, Delicate Arch.

It was a little farther away than we had

hoped, but to view it up close, it was a much longer

hike, and we knew we wanted to spend our long

hike in the Devils Garden.

After Delicate Arch, we drove over to 

hike to broken Arch. It was a easy hike through

some desert land, and the view once you go there was

beautiful.

You are not allowed to climb ON the arches,

but this arch we were able to climb through.

It's truly amazing to think about how these

arches naturally got there.

After broken Arch, we headed to our big 

final destination, Devil's Garden.

Devil's Garden was at the end of the park and

included a trail with many options for hiking and 

arches to view.

As we approached the Garden, we made a game time

decision to take the primitive trail, that looped around

into the main trail.

Let's just say, there were not exaggerating when they

said primitive. It was well worth the hike,

but certainly a challenge. The trail did not include

any markers. The hiker is left to decide

how the trail goes. I won't lie, we got

lost more than a few times...including when we

thought that the "right" trail entailed clamoring

a really steep "path" past the Double Arches 

(literally almost a vertical incline) to the top of a cliff, only

to realize that it was a dead end, and we had to 

climb all the way back down.

All road bumps aside, we made it back,

and JUST in time for park closing.

After a full day of hiking, it was time to settle in

to Moab Under Canvas, aka, the most

magically place on this planet. 

Moab Under Canvas is not far from Arches and 

Canyonlands (a park we weren't able to make it to)

It was one of the most luxurious glamping 

experiences. The campgrounds were equipped

with a common tent where you could lounge around

and sit around a fire, or, if you want,

you can sit around the campfire outside.

I've never seen so many stars in my 

entire life. The sky cleared up just in time for

us to enjoy the starry view.

 

 Happy Adventures!

fox + gypsy