Thursday, October 26, 2023  You forgot what?

There was lots of noise so I had to snuggle with my humans.  I don’t like those noises.

What a sunrise!  After a night of not sleeping much due to the WINDS, we were at least rewarded with morning beauty.

We did a little bit of walking around the view area.  There was a wee walking trail out on a point.  Then we got back in the truck.  We were only about 10 miles from Green River.

Spouse fueled up, and filled our water tanks.  He has been living on You Tube and he wants to stay at a BLM campground along the Colorado River, so no services.  The first place we looked was at Goose Island.  It is the closest to Moab, and it was full.  So we drove on.  The road we are on is Hwy 128.  It is a small road with the red rock cliffs towering on one side, and the Colorado River on the other.  The aspens are turning yellow for the fall.  Occasionally, there is a camp ground.  What we saw was small.  We turned into Drinks Canyon Campground and I looked behind us.  Hmmm… I think that is a spot!  Sure enough, if we back up just right (always an adventure with a rig such as Artee!) we could have a somewhat private spot.    Spouse inched forward and back, avoiding poles and rocks and got Artee in place.  We are right on the river.  Of course, the road is there, but it is the road less traveled so we don’t expect that to be a problem.  We were fortunate to have gotten this spot as there wasn’t a decent turnaround spot for a rig of our size.

Then Spouse announces… I think I left my National Park pass at home.  What???  Are you kidding me?  Oh, yes… when he got the truck serviced, he took it out so it wouldn’t get stolen (as if that is a hot ticket item)!  That pass entitles you to half price at BLM campgrounds.  Normal fee is $20, $10 with a pass.  So we paid our normal fee for one day, then headed to Arches National Park where I bought a lifetime senior pass for myself.  And while we were there, they happened to have a timed entry available so off we went!

This entire area is red rock walls, arches, arroyos and more arches.  We hiked around the windows arches, feeling a few drops of rain.  The clouds looked menacing, but they pretty much left us alone while we hiked and toured the park. There are about 90 arches in the park.  Some you can easily see, some you have to hike to.  Since it was getting late, we stuck to the easily accessible arches.