My wife and I agreed that it has been awhile since our last excursion so we made plans of doing a trip to Aspen Colorado for snowboarding and then to Moab Utah for the trails during the Christmas Holidays. The plan was to spend 1 week at each location but because of my work we had to cut the trip time to 1 week and Moab was chosen due to its proximity although we would have preferred to experience carving Aspen's slopes in our boards. Anyway, this trip gave me an excuse to inform and have the CFO (The Wifey) approve the purchase of new "essentials :ylsmoke:. The half-drive impact drill and the go pro were my Christmas gifts but the rest were the "essentials".
Day 1 Departure (12/19/2014)
I am one of the few that like to travel at night because for me the miles just seem to melt away and there would be less traffic (Trying to avoid the people heading to Vegas). Around 10 PM we headed out and not long we found ourselves stuck in traffic on the northbound 15 and 215 FWY interchange. According to the reports, it was an 8 car pile up. Lucky for me, I was familiar with the area so I exited at the nearest exit, used the local roads to avoid the jam and got back on the 15 fwy. We arrived in Vegas around 12 Midnight for our first fuel stop and was in Zion Utah around 3 AM for our second fuel stop.
2 hours later, I started feeling light headed and sleepy so I stopped at a truck stop to rest and get a few hours of sleep (at this time I was already up for 36 hours straight). My vision was somewhat close to this lol.
After 2 hours of sleep, we got back on the freeway stopping only for gas and breakfast. It was uneventful for most of the way except for the early morning fog and the big semi's passing us at 80-90 mph (I was driving at 75mph and couldn't believe how fast these rigs were going!). We arrived in Moab around 11 AM and went straight to our camp site, Lazy Lizard Hostel. The cabin that we booked was a little dirty and needed some cleaning but it was manageable and expected. We paid $158 for our whole stay which was relatively cheap compared to staying at the motels for $600.
Daybreak
Fog
Moab Arrival
The cabin
Day 1 Departure (12/19/2014)
I am one of the few that like to travel at night because for me the miles just seem to melt away and there would be less traffic (Trying to avoid the people heading to Vegas). Around 10 PM we headed out and not long we found ourselves stuck in traffic on the northbound 15 and 215 FWY interchange. According to the reports, it was an 8 car pile up. Lucky for me, I was familiar with the area so I exited at the nearest exit, used the local roads to avoid the jam and got back on the 15 fwy. We arrived in Vegas around 12 Midnight for our first fuel stop and was in Zion Utah around 3 AM for our second fuel stop.
2 hours later, I started feeling light headed and sleepy so I stopped at a truck stop to rest and get a few hours of sleep (at this time I was already up for 36 hours straight). My vision was somewhat close to this lol.
After 2 hours of sleep, we got back on the freeway stopping only for gas and breakfast. It was uneventful for most of the way except for the early morning fog and the big semi's passing us at 80-90 mph (I was driving at 75mph and couldn't believe how fast these rigs were going!). We arrived in Moab around 11 AM and went straight to our camp site, Lazy Lizard Hostel. The cabin that we booked was a little dirty and needed some cleaning but it was manageable and expected. We paid $158 for our whole stay which was relatively cheap compared to staying at the motels for $600.
Daybreak
Fog
Moab Arrival
The cabin
