Just finished the 3.5 hour drive home from Moab. I can't believe I have lived in Utah for 7 years and have never been down there... what an awesome place! This will undoubtedly be the first trip of many. Going to make it down there as often as possible!
This ended up being more of an exploring and sightseeing trip than a wheeling trip, which was great. My girlfriend and I had a great time. We camped away from people in spots with a view on one of the most crowded weekends of the entire year, went on a few different hikes in Arches, slept like babies in the rooftop tent, ate good food, drank good drinks, and overall just thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
An evening hike to delicate arch in Arches NP, and then the first night's campsite, near Sunset Wall- about 30 minutes north of Moab
I bought a $7 set of LED string lights on amazon that run on AA's and lit up the tent super well
Dead Horse Point
And then took a "shortcut" a guy told us about from Deadhorse State Park back to Potash road and into Moab
We drove way up Kane Creek Road to Hurrah Pass and thought about camping on this little "island"- but the way to it has a strip that isn't much wider than the truck. I looked out the window to check out the tire placement, stared down an easy thousand foot drop off on either side and about ******** myself. There wasn't enough room to turn around on the "island" so I had to back out, but I ran back and snapped a few photos. It would have been an unreal view to wake up to, but I thought about drunkenly getting out of the tent to pee in the night and decided against this spot...
But we ended up wedged in this nice corner surrounded by rock wall. Made a nice fire and slept well!
Can't wait to go back, which might be this weekend to meet some people in Canyonlands. Or I may just hit the local mountains for a night...
Everything worked out very well and I was super pleased with the setup! With the exception of the horrendous rub I get above where the pinch weld used to be on the firewall. A tub is happening ASAP. Only mechanical issue I encountered was a pebble stuck in the caliper!
Insanely good weekend! If anyone ever wants to meet up down there, let me know. It's not too far for me. I'd like to run some trails and do a "wheeling" trip after my tub is done.
