October 29 Moving on to Moab

View of Moab Rim from our RV

We didn’t really get up too early today. Xena needed to go out a couple of times to the bathroom from eating all the beef sticks and then drinking so much water. Then some time during the night the heat stopped as the propane tank went dry. It was 33 outside when we got up. Brrr! Before we left Bill took the tank up to the office and got it filled. We didn’t rush to leave since we only had about 85 miles to drive to Moab, Utah today.

La Sal Mountains from our RV

We left at 10:15 for the boring drive to the Utah border and a bit beyond to US 191 where we turned south to Moab. Those roads are pretty much nothing but high desert until you get closer to Moab and there are some nice mesas/cliffs along the west of the side. They have a couple of pull outs with scenic overlook spots.

Our campground for the next 4 nights is OK RV Park and we’re 4 miles south of Moab on the main drag and then 1 mile in. It’s a pretty nice park. There are lots of Class A’s and about as many 5th Wheels. We’ve seen one Cedar Creek like ours here and several RV’s from Florida. We have a nice tree here and small plot of grass and a picnic table if it’s nice enough to be out. Bill said the bath house is nice and we’re just across from it so that’s nice. It’s a small family owned park. The view is great. On one side we can see the cliffs of Canyonlands National Park and in another direction we can see the snowy peaks of the La Sal Mountains. I guess they cross country ski there in winter and then come down to Moab and do the Arches and Canyonland National Parks. The best thing about this campground is it’s a Passport America so we got it for half price.

After lunch of leftover chili, cheese, crackers and fruit we watched a movie while a load of wash was in. Then we went into Moab to the visitor center where we picked up several maps and brochures of interest and watched a 12 minute video about the area. Next to the visitor center is a strip plaza with a used book store. Too bad Bill forgot his list, but he wants to go back with it and see what he can find. We both remember going to the bookstore years ago when we were here and to the visitor center and the Eddie McStiff restaurant in the plaza. We stopped at the hardware store for another bolt he forgot to get at the Ace in Kremmling and checked out the small movie theatre for a possible Date Night tomorrow. They have 3 movies, one we’ve seen, one we don’t want to see and one that I want to see, “Secretariat”. We stopped at City Market to fill our water bottles that we forgot to take yesterday. They had some good looking bread in the marked down basket, a 3 cheese mini loaf that I thought would be good with dinner. Bill picked a loaf rye that he likes.

For dinner I cooked the rest of the Italian sausage and simmered it with spaghetti sauce and made whole wheat pasta, salad and sliced the cheese bread. It was nice and hardy, reminded me of the crusty bread you get in Europe. Later we had hot chocolate and a couple of cookies while we watched TV and I posted yesterday’s blog.

Time to post this one and read a while before shut eye!