We had a lovely evening in Moab, Utah. We stayed at the Bighorn Lodge which was located right smack dab in the middle of things. It's a funky old place and it's a good value. Clean rooms and everything worked. The Wifi was a little iffy in spots though.
We had dinner at the nearby MicroBrewery. Dave and I ordered beers here, we weren't in to the adventure of ordering wine. Dave's received his wine in a single serving bottle with a screw top, similar to the old airlines style of serving alcohol. And there was the time it was a plastic screw top bottle....that may have been the Gallo. His only good experience was at Mesa Verde. It's become a joke for us.
The sleeping hasn't been all that great on this trip. The air is extremely dry up in this high desert which has dried out our sinuses and we're forced to run the air conditioning all night because of the heat. When we stop early we do have time for an hour nap, decadent fun.
We ate breakfast at the diner attached to the hotel. It had recently re-opened and we thought the food and service were both good. Another good value. Really, once you get out of California the costs are really reasonable.
We toured through the Arches National Park and then off to Canyonland National Park.
Canyonland isn't as popular as the Arches. You need to ride in a bit and then you're looking down, not as spectacular as the Arches. And nothing compared to the Grand Canyon. Still, it is magnificent. The hiking is better in Arches too, not that we're concerned with that.
We finished our day in Richfield, Utah and ended up staying at the Holiday Inn Express. This was the Taj Mahal compared to our other places. The room was HUGE and we walked next door to a very good BBQ place for dinner. Dave's only wine choices were White Zinfandel or Chablis...he ordered iced tea. We left a bit later in the morning so we had breakfast at the hotel.....the world famous cinnamon buns!
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