The drive from Las Vegas, NV to Moab, UT is a long one. A little over 7 hours, to be exact. This was one of the prettiest highway drives we have made, however. Once we got to the border of Nevada and Arizona, the scenery was just beautiful! The first thing we saw was a mountain range up close and personal as we got to drive right through it!
We weren't in Arizona for very long before we crossed into Utah and the colors of the mountains changed.
We also started to see trees again.
We pulled off the interstate for a break at a scenic overlook, near the San Rafael Wilderness Study Area and were given quite a beautiful sight.
We hurried our way across Utah so that we could make it to Moab and to Arches National Park. We drove through the gate at 5:50pm, 10 minutes prior to the visitor center closing, but we had plenty of daylight to be able to explore the park. This is a beautiful place, wide open and so many things to see. We aren't hikers, so we enjoyed the accessibility of this park by car. We drove right up to the sights and even though we didn't have the time to see the whole park, we weren't disappointed!
We got back to Balanced Rock and had a little camera fun.
Then we rounded the corner to see the arches for which the park gets its name.
We also had fun thinking about what the rock formations looked like.
This one looked like a cat.
Another looked like a dog.
This one I thought looked like an angel, made me think of my Dad.
This one, I'll leave to your imagination...
The evening ended with a drive through the town of Moab. I have to say, I would really like to visit this place again some day when we could have more than just an afternoon to explore and see all the natural beauty that it has to offer. The town is quaint, and has that resort-ish feel, but very comfortable. We liked being able to walk down the streets at night and feel completely at ease. We stopped off for dinner at Pasta Jay's and had some of the best pizza we have ever had!
We went up to a steakhouse first, but the wait and the caliber of restaurant kind of scared us off. Jon is a picky eater, and we weren't sure he would find something he wanted, but he did take a moment to try on some hiking boots before we left!
As we got ready for bed, settled in and watching a little Disney Channel with Jon, Tony shot up out of the bed like he had been shot! He realized that he had left his hat (with all the hat pins he had collected) at the restaurant. As quick as I could, I looked up the phone number to the place and called them. They were still there, but getting ready to close. They gave him 5 minutes to come and get it, so he jumped out of bed, threw on his clothes and shoes and ran from the hotel to the restaurant (2 blocks). He got there just in time and he got his hat. Glad we didn't have to wait around until they opened the next day at 11am!
Tomorrow is another long drive as we are heading to Colorado Springs from here. This trip is so much fun, and we are sad that Arches was the last national park we would be visiting this time.
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