Parks At Provo & Moab, UT

Canyonland Lights and Sounds at Night



Delicate Arch in the Morning

After leaving Reno, Nevada, we headed east to Utah. We spent a few days getting here (Provo first) and enjoyed the traveling together. Donna has been following Tom in the chase car for a long time, so it is fun (and interesting) being together in the truck again. We stayed at the Elks Lodge in Provo. It has full hookups, beautiful scenery and we had a good time there. We took a drive through the mountains one day and saw the largest grove of Aspen trees I've ever seen. It went on for miles. We actually went to a movie one day as it was rainy. Tom was able to get his projects finished that he had pending so it made him happy. After leaving Provo, we drove to Moab. Awesome is about the only word we have for it here. We have been to Arches and Canyonlands National Parks. We also visited Dead Horse Point State Park. We both have swivel disease from looking at so much beauty. Yesterday we packed a picnic lunch and ate at the state park. Being surrounded by nature made the food taste even better. A couple of chipmunks saw us and came right up to us, but we were good and followed the rules to not feed them. They quickly figured out we weren't giving out to them and took off again. Last evening we decided to take a cruise down the Colorado river. It included dinner (very good food) before leaving on the boat, a beautiful light show and great music. We enjoyed it so much. Today we stayed home to take a little break. I told Tom I had so many sights in my brain, it was starting to leak! As it turned out, it was a good move as it has rained off and on all day, sometimes very hard. I'm sure the land here is happy as it is so dry and their average rainfall PER YEAR IS 10 INCHES!!! We have received quite a bit of that today. Tomorrow we'll be off again to find new adventures. More to come later. . . . .