Friday, November 06, 2009
Wild West Trip: Day 9 Part II - Headed to Moab
From
Wilson Arch we headed closer to Moab.Hole
N" The Rock is a famous tourist stop, a 5,000 square foot rock
home and gift shop. It took Albert Christensen 12 years to blast through
the sandstone to make it a home. As we had our fifth wheel with us and
were short on time in getting to Arches later on, we decided to stop in
another time. I hear it is a must see. We drove into the outskirts of
Moab and unhitched our RV at Archview
RV Resort as we had done almost exactly 10 years before in our
previous fifth wheel while on our trek through 22 states.
This
campground is only 10 minutes north of the entrance to Arches National
Park, and the park can be seen from the campground.
The
old church was still there, used on the set of the movie "Riders of the
Purple Sage", a Zane Grey novel. Purple sage grows all around the
church. In the next blog post I'll show an interesting photo of the
church at night. Tepees are at the campground for the more adventurous..
You can see Mt. Peale in the distance to the right of the church, the
2nd highest peak in Utah.
We
next drive into Arches and visit all the stops prior to darkness, taking
fascinating photos of the richly colored rocks. Stay tuned...