Monday, June 22, 2009

Moab River Trip

My boss has been going on river trips for about 30 years now. There was some cancellations on a trip he was doing in Moab this past weekend so me and Ryan got invited along. Friday after work we followed Stan (my boss) and his long time friend down to Moab, stopping at what looked to be a small town's biker's hang out called Ray’s Tavern on the way for a delicious burger and then slept under the stars by the river. Saturday morning we got up with the sun and helped get the rafts ready for the trip. About 10 am everyone was there that was going on the rafts ( a bunch of people we didn’t know, they were in some kind of art society but a pretty friendly group) was there and we loaded into the boats. Of course that was when the clouds came so unfortunately it was a little cool. We leisurely went down the river, stopped for some cliff jumping, lunch, water fights and a few fun rapids. So all in all a pretty good day. We went in to town to eat dinner with my boss and his friend and of course the sun came out just as soon as we got out of the river. After dinner we walked around town for a while and then decided against our camping plan (we were tired, had forgotten our flash light and hot) and rented a hotel room for an absurdly high price considering the quality of the room. Sunday we woke up early (due to the fire alarm that went off at 7:30 am (there was no fire)). Ate the hotel’s sad excuse for a continental break fast and went to the National Arches Park and hiked up to the delicate arch and explored a few other places around the park. After that we came back to our hotel and jumped in the pool which was really small got some sun ate a late lunch and headed back up to rainy/cloudy/cold utah county.

4 comments:

Annaliese said...

I have always wanted to hike those arches. I probably should have done that while I lived in Utah.

MoabUtah said...

Nice angle on Delicate Arch with you and Ryan in the foreground.
In July and August that stretch of the Colorado River you ran with your boss will be the place-to-be in triple digit temperatures. Try http://www.discovermoab.com/hotels.htm to preview amenities and price range for Moab hotels to cure you rooming disappointment. Lots of free WIFI throughout Moab if you travel with a netbook, laptop, bluetooth or the Library has 3 complimentary terminals.

Unknown said...

looks like a ton of fun!

Dave, Arielle, Grayson and Ashlynn said...

Wow- looks like soo much fun- that is awesome you were able to go:) Dave and I hiked there once- it was gorgeous!!