with some company to a place that I've only visited in the summer
I'm curious to see how it is in the winter because in the summer it's very
busy it's very popular place for outdoors enthusiasts it's not always very pleasant
to visit in the summer just because it is so busy today we are headed to Moab
I love Utah I feel a sense of home here especially now that I have family here
this is my first winter in the state I visited in every season except for winter until now and
I am loving it joining me on this adventure is my sister Jill and her Brittany Spaniel
birdie we stopped at an Overlook of the San Rafael Reef the San Rafael reef is part of
the Colorado Plateau composed primarily of steeply tilted layers of Navajo and
Wingate Sandstone it has been eroded into tall fins domes Cliffs and deep Canyons
well we made it to Moab and it is stunning and so far there aren't a lot of people here we've
passed a couple of campgrounds only the few by Highway 191 are open I think there are two or
three that are open there and the rest are closed uh we won't be staying in a trailer
today I won't be staying in my truck today but we rented a Airbnb so it's going to be a
different experience but I'm excited the exploring Arches National Park it's going to be a great trip
after exploring a bit we grabbed a quick to go dinner in town and headed for our Airbnb
okay so just walking into the townhouse for the first time
it's like we've got a bedroom here and a bathroom
there's a bathroom here
Rudy this is our home for the next couple of days got living room here it looks pretty nice
I'm gonna have everything we need I think I think I'm going to be sleeping upstairs
oh boy well I don't know how much time we're gonna be spending out there
but there's Red Rock This is the cool part about this place it's right against the rocks
however there's a lot of snow out here I'm going to show you the upstairs
this is where I'll be staying
there is a dog right here birdie a nice patio here as well
these
got a bathroom up here and then there's this bedroom I did not choose this one
so it doesn't have the more ideal View door that leads into the bathroom
making my way into the room I chose it's huge this place can fit a lot of people and it was
very cheap it was 88 a night because it's the off season it's a three bedroom home two bathrooms
and then here's the view I'm gonna choose this bed right here by the window and
here's the view down on me patio below and the Beautiful Red Rock dinner tonight we are having
pizza from Canyon Pizza well it is time to say good night it is for sure a treat to be here at
an Airbnb it's been years since I've rented an Airbnb I couldn't even tell you the last time
but splitting the cost with my sister and being the off season makes it absolutely affordable
it has been a very long time since I've done a trip like this with my sister Jill I have four
sisters and one brother so oftentimes when I'm referring to sisters it's different sisters but
one thing that they all have in common is that they do not like to appear on camera I'm really
excited to visit Arches National Park tomorrow I have never been there so that will be exciting
I'm going to go ahead and get some rest right now and I will see you all in the morning good night
good morning we are having our coffee this morning and getting ready to head into the
park it's a little bit overcast but I think it is supposed to be sunny at some point today we shall
see there's a bird dog here that wants to go out on this upper patio deck you want to go outside
here's what it's looking like
there was Zero line we were the only people in line pretty cool
I'm sure that's a very rare event here at arches
Arches National Park is adjacent to the Colorado River four miles north of Moab Utah more than 2
000 natural Sandstone arches are located in the park including the well-known
Delicate Arch as well as a variety of unique geological resources and
formations the park contains the highest density of natural arches in the world
the purpose of Arches National Park is to protect extraordinary examples of geologic
features including arches Natural Bridges windows spiers and balance rocks as well
as other features of geologic historic and scientific interests it provides an
opportunity to experience these resources in their Majestic natural settings foreign
okay this is mind-blowingly beautiful and there's nobody here seriously this
place we pretty much have to ourselves we've only seen a few other cars insane
we are making a little hot cocoa break pit stop here tailgate party heated up some water and put
it in a thermos before we left so we are ready and it's going to be good right now it's cold spoons
sure three generous we'll start with that and if we need more add more I'm waiting to see the steam
can you see it let's see a little bit good call sis
is not my idea this is our view while we enjoy our hot cocoa
that is the world famous Delicate Arch we are here at a Viewpoint you can see a lower
Viewpoint and an upper Viewpoint and what's really cool about this park is there's so
much that you can see if you are an individual with limited Mobility such as my sister she
is a cancer survivor so she does have limited physical abilities and she's been able to see
so much at this park she's so excited it's been a beautiful morning and that makes me happy foreign
if you've never read Edward Abby's autobiographical novel desert Solitaire
I highly recommend it it's about his time spent right here in arches in the late 50s
when it was just a National Monument as a park ranger he goes into great detail of the flora
and fauna and surrounding geological features and you can just sense his love of this park
I imagine that the crowds back then are similar to what we experienced on this
day I'm so grateful I got to experience the park this way without the high season crowds
is the largest city in Grand County Utah known for its dramatic scenery
Moab attracts many tourists annually mostly visitors to the nearby arches and Canyonlands
National Parks it is somewhat of a mecca for outdoors enthusiasts
Dead Man's State Park to see if we can catch the sunset
we made it to Dead Horse point just in time for sunset it's absolutely gorgeous
It's
a snowy morning lightly snowing
we are on our way out of Moab just pulled off Highway 191 to check out the beautiful sunrise
this was an awesome trip it was really nice to experience Moab in the winter
hardly anybody here but the one downside is not a lot of things are open a lot of
the restaurants are closed obviously you can't really go out on Jeeping trails and side-by-side
Trails because they're still a lot of snow on the ground there were some hiking trails that
were open which was awesome Arches National Park experiencing that with hardly any people
was epic for my first time and yeah I really had a pleasant and enjoyable experience my
sister did as well it was awesome to spend this time with her and birdie this is a nice
little vacation little mini vacation thank you all so much for joining me I hope you
will join me on the next adventure I appreciate you all and I will see you soon goodbye foreign