06-01-10

Yesterday Clyde came by to see if we wanted to go for a ride but Patti was planning to do laundry so we declined.
The laundromat was closed for Memorial Day so when she got back home we decided to take a ride after all. I didn't feel like doing anything to challenging so we decided to try the La Sal Mountain Loop Road.
It is a paved road that goes up into the mountains and comes out on 128 along the Colorado River. Along the way we came across a dirt road that goes to Geyser Pass so we turned onto it and drove until we came to where it ended at major snow drifts.



It was nice to be in the mountains with the trees,

the snow



and clear mountain streams.

We returned to the paved road and continued along it.

From the road we could see Ken's lake and the Moab Rim.



We came to another dirt road that went to "OOWAH Lake". Of course we had to check it
out. It turned out to be a small lake with a campground that is apparently very popular with the locals.



There were several people fishing in the lake but we only saw one fish caught while we were there.



We drove back to the pavement and went on. Along the road we could see Castle Valley below us.



We came to a "T", turned left and drove through Castle Valley.



A few miles past Castle Valley we came to 128 and turned left along the Colorado River. We passed a campground where there was a natural cactus garden along the highway.



A little farther along we stopped to get some pictures of people kayaking the river.

The rapids here are not as fast as they are further up stream.

We left Moab around noon and were home by 4:30

Today we are going to the Wall Mart in Grand Junction Colorado, to get our prescriptions filled.
It is a two hour drive each way on I-70 so it's going to be a long day