On Saturday, June 7, we decided to visit the high country near Moab. This meant traveling into the relatively nearby La Sal Mountains. We took what is called the La Sal Mountain Scenic Loop Road to the north east, which turned out to be a sixty mile loop from town, re-entering the Moab area south of town, near our RV park.
The road was paved, but slightly wider than a single lane road. Varied and beautiful all the way, it starts out following the Colorado River going east from town, then turns, and follows Castle Rock Valley, toward the La Sal Mountains. It climbs from there, and we managed to get into some rather cool country for our lunch break. We dined at 8,800 ft among the aspens and spruce. Then, we fell in altitude in the afternoon, returning to Moab, passing ranching areas, streams and lakes. Of course we cached along the way, which forced us out of the car often to climb the mountain sides, and hike into the woods in search of cache treasure. This was an area we had never seen around Moab, and we throughly enjoyed the trip. Nice day.
In the first two shots below, taken from different cache locations, see if you can spy our white truck, to give you some perspective.
These pictures make me wish I were there. Keep them coming! (And how about a little flower commentary?)
ReplyDeleteThe red flowers are Indian Paintbrush, the white are a variety of daisy. The blue flowers are Lupine.
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