The Great Western Loop: Bridges And Arches
The 12th day of the trip dawned clear and cool, but the expected high in Moab was near 100 degrees. I had scouted out a couple of dispersed campsites around Moab, but with our planned activities right there in town we tried to find a site along the river just outside of town first.
We lucked out and found an open site that was pretty well surrounded by trees. We setup camp and ate a quick lunch before heading out to explore a little.
With no trailer to worry about it we did a little recon trip to one of the sites I had scouted out online. There are some pretty rough places on the trail to the site and it is kind of far away from most things in the Moab area, but it would be an interesting place to use as a base camp to explore the area.
The Dewey bridge has been a local landmark in the Moab area from the time it was built in April of 1916. Unfortunately it was burned down by a young boy playing with matches in 2008. Even with just the suspension parts left standing, it is still a neat place to get out and explore.
With the mornings wanderings completed, we returned to our shaded campsite for some lunch and then it was off to explore a part of another of Kiefer’s Top 5 National Parks to visit: Arches National Park.
The Park was still under a Covid induced timed entry, so we only had the late afternoon and early evening to take in some of the bigger attractions.
As can be expected, the Park was busy and hot. The parts we were able to explore left Kiefer longing to come back for more.
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