#8 Moab and Colorado River, UT

We arrived in Moab around noon on Sunday July, 20. We stayed at Moab Rim Campark just south of the city of Moab. We parked right uner the rim of red rocks. Beautiful. We picked up some brochures about the area at the office and called and signed up for a day of rafting on the Colorado for Monday.

Dixie had to get up early because we met the group at 8:00 a.m.



This is our bus unloading the kayaks, the paddle boats and the rafts into the Colorado River. Most of the river was pretty smooth. We had an overcast day, so it wasn't so hot sitting in the rafts.




We could go swimming in the river anytime we wanted. It was a little too cold for me. Mostly we just waded getting in and out of the raft.




In the afternoon we only had four of us in the boat. The other couple was from Belgium. In the morning we had a family of four on the raft and they were from France. Lots of Europeans are touring and visiting our country.




Here we go!! Through the rapids. That's us right in the front. Hang on and duck as we are pulled through the rapids.

This is Raphael, our river guide. He was a really good guide. He speaks fluid German, his parents are from Germany. He also speaks French, which he did during the morning run with the French family. So he guided us in English and in French. He is a college student at Standford University. He comes from San Francisco. It was amazing how knowledgeable he was about the geology and some of the history of the area.

The entire day was wonderful. We had lunch in right on the river. The rafts carried all the food and equipment to feed us lunch. We had sandwiches, cole slaw, chips and cookies. All very fresh and welcome by the time we stopped for lunch.

We were a couple of tired travelers when we got home. Gidget was happy to see us.