One Last Ride - Arches National Park, Moab, UT

Arches National Park - Moab Utah

We left Seattle on Thursday morning and drove to Boise, ID for the night.  We thought about a short ride in Boise, but it was pretty chilly and a lot of smoke from local forest fires changed our mind.  We hit the road and stopped for dinner in Moab, Utah.  We were really surprised by how few people were in town.  We had spent a few days in Moab a couple of years ago and the streets we packed and the hotels were full.

Beth and I were both tired of being in the car, so we decided to spend the night in Moab.  We had no problem finding a room with town being so empty.  We knew we could get a nice ride in at Arches National Park before we left and still get back home by late afternoon.

We drove into the park a couple of miles... the first 2 miles is a grinding climb with little to look at.  We unloaded the road tandem and road out past Balanced Rock and on to Window Rock... and back.. 19 miles total.  It was a great ride to finish our trip.  More Photos

We made it home with no problems to find weeds 4 feet tall in the driveway and a box full of junk mail.  Nice to be home, but this was an absolutely fantastic trip and we can't wait for the next adventure.

A few stats from the trip:
31 days on the road
4900 miles on car odometer
22 bike rides:
  825 miles on the bikes with 58,180' of climbing
7 National Parks:
    Mt. Evans; Rocky Mountain; Grand Tetons; Yellowstone; Mt. Rainier; Olympic Peninsula; and Arches
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