We spent a relatively quiet night in the muddy but scenic rest area . We woke to sunny skies, cool temps and surrounded by trucks parked haphazardly. At one point we were completely blocked in with no exit for us. By the time we dressed and had breakfast there was an opening for us to get through.
I don’t think I mentioned that when we were staying at Cheyenne Mountain State Park we were across the road from an Army Military Base. Every night at 10 PM we could hear someone on the base playing “TAPS.” It was beautiful to hear and we certainly missed it last night.
Our ride to Moab brought new and even more spectacular scenery. We were awed traveling over the mountain pass then began our ride across the valley (still at 5000 feet though) and watched as the scenery morphed from snow covered mountains to multi-colored layers of sandstone reaching into the sky.
Not only are the monoliths beautiful they are back-dropped by snow capped mountains. What a sight to see – much like a beautiful painting you see in magazines.
The road to Moab is long and flat much like Kansas but with scenery. We didn’t realize but once out of Colorado all the exits have no service. Ron was going to stop for gas but at the last exit out of Colorado but saw a sign for a Truck Stop –up the road. We didn’t see the sign that said it was 90 miles away until we were exiting onto the highway.
We still had plenty of gas to get us there. The issue was price. Usually in tourist towns gas prices are exorbitant. Prior to taking our left hand turn to Moab on Route 191 we spotted at a Shell Station to fill –up there for $3.99 a gallon. While in Colorado the most we paid for gas was $3.73.
We drove through Moab and were surprised that it was such a large town with at least 6 gas stations all cheaper then what we paid at $3.85. Who knew!!!!
We arrived at the KOA around 1 PM and by the time we settled in, had lunch and dropped our jaws looking across to the mountains from our camp site it was 3 o’clock. Since we were both tired we decided to kick back, relax and enjoy the view.
Unfortunately we could only secure one night at the KOA because it is high season here in the desert. I guess April, May, June and October are the high tourist months. Less people come to experience the desert in the summer.
I was able to book at the Slick Rock CG down the road for the next three days. We have to move but that will be OK.
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