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Drove about 280 Miles from our B+B in Silverthorne, Colorado to Moab, Utah. Once we'd turned off the main Interstate we drove down the most amazing road following the Colorado River through a canyon. Fantastic sandstone scenery. Took us hours as we kept stopping to take pictures!!

Sandstone Scenery

Arrived in Moab, which after first impressions seemed to be a town in the middle of no where just made of hotels and motels! The cheap backpackers hostel we had seen on the internet for $26 for both of us for the night had no rooms left - sigh.
But as there were about a billion more places to pick from we decided to play a few against each other to get the rates down. Hurrah.

After a walk through town we discovered some cool quirky shops selling cool quirky things!! Good job it was all too big or heavy to get in our cases!

We were in Moab as Paul had heard it was the "mountain biking Mecca of the world". We hired a couple of bikes and went out on the "easy trail" called the "Bar-M Loop". At 7 Miles long and a mix of rock, dirt track, up, and down, it was enough for Helen! There were some fanstastic views across the desert landscape.

Paul and a pretty big drop!

Natural Arch

From Moab we drove about 100 Miles south to Bluff - a place Paul had picked purely by looking at the map, and which we soon discovered was one road in the middle of absolutely no where.

Bluff - a one road town in the middle of desert!!

This place made Moab look like the busiest place in the universe!! We found a place to stay - what can only be described as a shed. Paul says "log cabin"! It was quirky and unique anyway!!

The spit and sawdust steak house!!

Right next door was the Cottonwood Steakhouse, which was clearly the only place to eat within a hundred mile radius so they got our business! It was actually fantastic, and luckily had a vegetarian option!! Paul had half a rack of ribs which were really good and cooked outside on a big grill.

How cool is this cup!? Clearly they knew Helen the shoe queen was coming!!

Next stop - Monument Valley.

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helenandpaul on May 3, 2008 from Moab, United States

from the travel blog: The good ol' US of A, and a bit of Mexico thrown in for good measure!

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