We got up at 6am this morning to get an early start on our drive to Moab, UT. We wanted to get there early enough to reserve a spot at a campsite because most campsites are first come first serve and typically fill up by noon. This gal wants a campground- she gone get a campground.
We officially said goodbye to CO and it wasn’t easy. Quick shoutout to my girl CO for the endless beautiful views and endless WiFi torture. Even though we fought, we love you very much and will definitely be back. Colorado set a really high bar but we have no doubt UT will pull through. Won’t you, UT?
After a 2.5hr drive, we entered beautiful, sunny UT. Our first plan of action was to choose a campsite so that our Airbnb host, Wendy, could drop off our teardrop trailer. A teardrop trailer is the perfect balance between camping and glamping- sturdy enough to fight off bears and dirty enough to fight off Alissa Shams’s standards. The perfect חוויה, we thought! We ultimately chose one at random called the Sand Flats Recreation Area and no idea what to expect.
We arrived, paid for two nights ($15 each night) and entered what ended up being this glorious and massive piece of land. The area is miles long and has numerous different campgrounds to choose from. We drove for a few minutes and chose the first one that stood out to us. Our latest and greatest home can be referred to as Echo 3. We have our own picnic table, fire pit and most importantly (and definitely most stenchy) we’re right next to the bathroom (singular). It was perfect. We put our ticket on the post in front, along with a sweatshirt that we put on the table (Wendy’s suggestion), so that no one would steal our lot. Wendy said she’d drop the trailer off in a few hours so we had the day to explore.
We headed off to Arches National Park to see...arches! The park has multiple hikes/ viewpoints but we decided on Delicate Arch Trail because it’s known as one of the harder/longer ones (we’re pretty bad ass it’s not a big deal). The hike felt out of this world. No like it literally felt like we were out of this world. Because of its unique red rocks and Mesa structures, Moab is known to look and feel like Mars. No yeah, us being completely short of breath can totally be chalked up to the lack of oxygen. It was unlike anything we had seen in CO and it was spectacular.
Along the way, we encountered several little kids (there goes our bad ass-ness) one of whom was screaming on the top of her lungs (looks like we’re bad ass again!). Nothing too crazy to note there, we just thought it was entertaining to watch.
After 1.5 miles we made it to the arch. It was as archy as an arch can get it was pretty stinkin cool. We asked a woman to take our picture underneath but there’s really no competing with this thing. The arch definitely takes the spotlight in any picture. There was maybe one guy who found a way around it by doing a backflip under the arch but I kept missing it 😭.
Eventually, we made our way back (we learned it always takes half the amount of time on the way back) and decided to take our PB&Js to another view point in the park called Balanced Rock. Very balanced let me tell ya. We enjoyed as always and took in as much of the sun as we could.
We were pretty pooped after lunch so we decided to head back to camp. We were eager to see the teardrop trailer and Josh was even more eager to make a fire (and by eager I mean utterly petrified). When we arrived, we were very pleased with what we saw: a cute trailer that included a cozy full sized bed with light, heat and a decent sized kitchen. We immediately felt cool and were excited to look like we fit right in with the rest of our neighbors at Echo campground.
Wendy included two folding chairs with the trailer so we decided to hike up the rocks nearby to sit and watch the sunset. We brought our speakers and some beers and took in the breathtaking views.
After the sunset, I took a “shower” aka I used some hand sanitizer and changed into pajamas. Josh refused to clean himself because he’s a “man”. Da, you’re rubbing off on him- he wants to know if he can borrow your baseball bat?
Meanwhile, Josh was having a serious internal struggle about making the fire and couldn’t decide if proving his manhood was worth causing a wildfire. Regardless, his wifey wanted s’mores so he knew what he had to do.
I put dinner up which was Franks n’ beans. Not the best choice considering our small sleeping quarters but I saw it in the movies so it had to be done. Dinner was ready in five minutes but the fire wasn’t ready for another two hours. Josh watched YouTube’s most watched “How to make a fire” video and was determined. He picked up as much “tinder” as he could and proceeded to destroy his lungs as he put his heart and soul into this fire. After an hour, he was ready to start over when all of a sudden hashem literally appeared in the burning bush and ignited Josh’s fire. I've actually never seen someone so proud of themselves. At first it was really cute but then he became a little obsessive. Like he’d walk away for a second and quickly run back to make sure it didn’t burn out. It would be nice if he treated our flame like that every once in a while - ba da cha 🥁.
We each had one s’more (which is funny because I gave Josh a hard time about not letting us get the name brand graham crackers ??) and enjoyed the fire till it burned out. Josh stood by the fire pit until every last ember was gone.
We finally retired to the trailer, blasted the heat and played some good old card games. One of our best days yet for sure.
