Monday, May 15, 2017. Well, technically still Sunday night. We arrived in Moab, Utah. I was pretty bummed we had arrived so late, much later than planned in fact. But, at the same time, I saw it as an opportunity to be surprised in the morning. We stayed at Moab Under Canvas while here and I’m so happy I was able to reserve this place. Glamping is one of my favorite things to do when traveling and I will for sure do it any chance that I get.

Not gonna lie, we thought we were super lost at first. This particular Under Canvas is located a few miles outside of Moab. GPS had told us to turn down this road and we had arrived! However, there was a sign outside that said “Do not enter. Invited guests only” or something along those lines. We obviously panicked and were wondering what the heck to do. We noticed a car coming out from the property so after they passed, we decided to just go for it.

We drove up and found a man walking towards the tents and asked him where to check in. He gladly pointed us in the direction of the main tent and said “I’ll be right up there to help you!” We went on to park, got checked in, and they were super accommodating by offering a wagon to help us take our things to our tent. I was super impressed with how friendly and helpful their staff was!

After getting checked in, we found our way to some hot chocolate and chilled out in the tent. Around 1am or so, I decided it was time to shoot some photos. I forgot to mention that there was zero light pollution in the area so we could see hundreds of thousands of stars above us. It’s my favorite thing to sit and stare at the stars; waiting for a shooting star to make a wish.

We woke up, snapped some more photos and were on our way to Arches National Park. Visitors center, check. National park patch, check. Our first stop after this was Balanced Rock. This rock formation was very interesting because it clearly defies gravity. I mean, it’s a huge rock sitting atop a much thinner base. How has it not crumbled yet?!

Moving on to the main attractions of the park, the arches! We did the longer of the two hikes to the Delicate Arch viewpoint because, well, Sadie. I would have preferred to do the actual hike up to it, but it’s okay. We took a short stroll through a small canyon to Sand Dune Arch. On our way out from here, we came across a baby rattlesnake! That was pretty terrifying but it kept to itself mostly. Our last stop after that was the short hike to Double Arch. I think this was my favorite one. It was so interesting to me that these arches were formed from a waterfall!

We pretty much spent our time in Arches just wandering and exploring what we could. Lyle did his fair share of climbing on whatever he could and we stopped and marveled at all the hoodoos and arches and found some picturesque spots to snap some photos.

 

When we had spent enough time taking it all the views, we were pretty hungry. It was time to eat so we decided to just grab a pizza and eat in the car in the parking lot since we had Sadie with us. Traveling with pets isn’t always easy, but we make do. I love having my little pup with us, even if it limits us from doing certain things at times.

We finished eating and decided it was time to make our way to our AirBnB in Junction, Utah. We had originally planned to stop at Canyonlands NP along the way, but given our time restraints, we unfortunately had to scratch that from our list. Just another reason to go back! We arrived at our AirBnB around 10pm and it was literally in the middle of nowhere. Obviously, there wasn’t much to do so we decided to just call it a night and prepare for the adventures the next day would bring.

I hope you enjoyed reading about our adventures in Arches and Moab! I hope my recent posts have been inspiring you to take a trip somewhere new, maybe even to Utah! I’ve got more coming your way so keep your eyes peeled! Until next time, xo!