Once we left Vernal we headed down to Moab. We followed highway 191 down through Utah and it was an "exciting" ride. Narrow roads that wound up and down through the mountains with lots of truck traffic and no shoulders. The road was pretty rough in places which just added to the "fun". Moab was very busy with lots of tourists from all over the country plus local weekenders enjoying some 4wheeling. We drove through both Arches and Canyonlands National Parks. They are both very beautiful and very different even though they are fairly close together. Most of the famous arches are back off of hiking trails. We didn't do much hiking because it had rained and the ground was that soupy, sticky, slippery mud. Canyonlands reminded us of the Grand Canyon only smaller.
Since Moab is in the middle of nowhere off of I-70 we found it kind of expensive -- they take advantage of their location close to the national parks and charge accordingly. I did get a new grocery discount card that I can use in a lot of areas of the country since it is good at Kroger stores. I now have quite a collection of grocery discount cards.
It was fairly warm in Moab but the rain did change to snow on the tops of the mountains that run between Utah and Colorado down there. It was a very pretty sight from a nice long distance away.
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