Moab Fun

We had a great time boondocking for 9 nights. The BLM Gold Bar campground, at $20 a night, was perfectly situated to explore more of the Potash Road area, had a really clean bathroom and a dumpster to deposit trash when needed. I was able to do some hand washing a couple of times and hang it up outside (which many areas don't allow which I find super weird having grown up in Europe where everyone hangs out their laundry). I use this collapsible laundry basket to do the washing in which then takes up very little space when not in use and this great clothesline which I love because it has adjustable

dividers which you can use to keep the clothes from sliding all into each other. My only complaint is it's not super long so I also use a longer bit of climbing rope when we have big wash days (like our bedding) to give us more room to hang. We can typically attach one end to the ladder on the back of the RV and the other end on a tree, post or pole.

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We had fun exploring some of biking areas that had easier/beginning intermediate trails (since I'm still ramping up my abilities). We rode the Klondike Bluffs area one day which is quite open, more dry and had some cool single track and lots of options to choose from Another day we rode several different loops in the Bar M area which I really loved and had more of the Moab feel/look with lots of red rock/sandstone and cool views.

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Because our campground bordered the Colorado River we were able to drop off a car and kayak one day all the way back to our campground. Jordan then hopped on his bike to ride the road back to the car. It's a great stretch of calm water and you pass the amazing Wall Street climbing area where everyday there are loads of climbers of all ages scaling the rock walls. It was fun to look up from the water and see everything from a different perspective.

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Another day we hiked to Jeep Arch (which was recommended to us by a fellow camper). It's probably the coolest arch hike we've done as far as crowds, exploring, and the views from the arch. We walked to the trailhead from our campground which begins with a culvert that let's you go underneath the railroad to start the hike.

One you go through the culvert you begin the climb up across/near the railroad tracks and into the canyon.

Then you begin to follow the cairns across all sorts of cool areas with various views. You get to a loop where you can go either direction as you near the arch. We went left (clockwise) which required some scrambling up over rocks.

All of a sudden you come around and can see the arch! The shape of the opening really does look like a jeep.

What's unique is you can climb right up into the arch! There are way less people that do this hike so we had it to ourselves as we sat and ate lunch enjoying the incredible views from all sides.

We had an amazing time in the Moab area and can't wait for our next trip back!