Road Trippin'

We had planned to make several more stops on our way to Moab, beginning with two or three days in Farmington, NM. From there we had planned to visit the Four Corners Area. This is the only place in the US where you can actually be in four states in one time, as it is the junction of New Mexico, Utah, Arizona and Colorado.

After that the plan was that we would go into Colorado to visit The Canyon of the Ancients. You'll have to Google this place...it's awsome! But anyway...that WAS the plan...it is not what happened.

We left Farmington for the short drive through the Navajo Nation to the Four Corners Area. After what seemed a very long drive, we began to wonder why we weren't seeing any signs for Four Corners....or at least crossed the state line. I got out my trusty map only to find that we were driving in the wrong direction! By the time we figured out where we were there was nothing else to do but to drive on to Gallup, NM and head back.

Thankfully, we were able to deduce that by skipping over into Arizona and heading North we would be able to make the state line by dark. Not being sure whether we would be welcome to state overnight on the Reservation, we opted for making it into Utah and off the Reservation before nightfall. This meant that we were not going to be able to go to the Four Corners Area, but we figured we could catch it on our way out of Utah in the summer.

By the time we got to the state line it was again beginning to snow. We had decided to try to drive into Blanding, Utah, where we hoped to find a place to camp for the night and make the last 70 or 80 miles into Moab the following day.

But the closer we got to Blanding the more it snowed. The weather reports were predicting even more snow and freezing rain over night, and since we were unsure of the road leading into Moab, we decided to go for broke and make the entire trip that day. This meant that what was originally intended to be a 2 or 3 hour drive ended up being a drive of nearly 9 hours!

We made it into Moab about 30 minutes before nightfall. We only took enough time to hook up the necessities, before calling it a night. I think we were so road weary by then that we didn't really take in much of our surroundings.

But that made it all the more magical the next day. Even with the snow...and there was plenty of snow in the first few days we've been here...it's so beautiful. Here are a few pictures I've taken in the few days we've been here. I don't think pictures can really do this place justice. The way the rocks look at different times of the day...with the sunlight changing the way everything looks..is just awe inspiring. I can't wait until we have more time to explore this area.

This is called Church Rock; pretty cool, huh? It's actually several miles away from Moab, but I had to have a picture...I thought y'all might like it, too.

We also passed this ridge on the way into Moab and I couldn't resist taking a picture of the snow accumulating on the rocks. You can notice by the blur of tumbleweeds beside the road that Mark was really hurrying along toward our campsite!

This group of rocks is called The Portal, hence Portal RV Park, where we are staying, which is right in front of this view! I can't wait to see what it's a portal to!

These are the LaSal Mountains, which you can see just by stepping outside our front door. I love this!!

Just another lovely view from the campground! Utah..or at least Moab...is incredibly beautiful.

This is a picture of the cabins at our campground. They are really rustic and kind of wonderful and of course there's that view!