BelaySlave said:
So when you guys go to Moab...do you guys camp or get a room somewhere? I should probably start reading the Utah board more often if I am considering doing this. Since more than likely I will have to do this trip on a tight budget, I'd probably end up camping. But if rooms can be had for really, really cheap...I wouldn't mind going that route either.
Moab is a 9 hour drive if you stop in Salt Lake for a meal. Sans stopping, I'm sure you can make it in 8 - 8.5 hours. I've camped in town each time I've gone - at the Canyonlands Campground, which is south on the main road through town. It has tent spots, camper spots, cabins, a general store, bathrooms with showers, and a pool. I think it costs about $5 per person per night for a tent camping spot. It was a zoo both times I went over Memorial Day weekend (1999 and 2001) but when I went in March of 2003 it was almost empty. It's riding distance from almost everything on the south side of town, including the Moab Rim, Amasa Back, Porcupine, Slickrock, and Flat Pass. Poison Spider, Sovereign, Gold Bar, and other trails to the north of town are shuttling/driving trips, unless you're a real
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I'd be up for a Moab/Fruita trip in March/April - count me in! My dad went to Fruita this past fall to visit a friend who relocated there from Chesapeake (VA) and send me a bunch of trail maps for Christmas. I tried to get a small group to head over from Moab for a couple of days when I was there in '01, but couldn't get any takers.