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We're renting a guided Hell's Revenge sunset Jeep tour out of Moab as part of a road trip from Portland to Branson, MO.

Originally, Moab wasn't part of the plans, but it's always been kind of a bucket list item for me, not to mention I have a niece in Park City, UT who sez DO IT!

I was curious if anyone in here has visited the area (Arches National Park, etc.) and what your highlights were.

Thanks in advance.
 
I haven’t been, but it’s definitely on my list. When are you going? I’d think fall would be a lot more enjoyable than summer.
 
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e_blazer said:
I haven’t been, but it’s definitely on my list. When are you going? I’d think fall would be a lot more enjoyable than summer.
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I wish it could be Fall. My sister's birthday is August 3rd, so we're flying out for a big shindig in The Dalles/Hood River. My wife has a time-share in Branson (don't get me started), hence the ensuing road trip. We do have family/friends in Park City, Denver, and Kansas City we'll be visiting and staying with along the way.

As an aside, we're staying in Boise for a couple of days. I told my wife that the greenbelt is supposed to be an amazing bike ride, so we'll be taking in that.
 
ABM said:
We're renting a guided Hell's Revenge sunset Jeep tour out of Moab as part of a road trip from Portland to Branson, MO.

Originally, Moab wasn't part of the plans, but it's always been kind of a bucket list item for me, not to mention I have a niece in Park City, UT who sez DO IT!

I was curious if anyone in here has visited the area (Arches National Park, etc.) and what your highlights were.

Thanks in advance.
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Did a road trip that way a few years ago. Didn't hit Moab, but visited Bryce Canyon, Zion, Grand Canyon, Arches, Grand Staircase Escalante, and Canyonlands. Arches was cool, Bryce Canyon was my favorite, and Zion was overrated.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Did a road trip that way a few years ago. Didn't hit Moab, but visited Bryce Canyon, Zion, Grand Canyon, Arches, Grand Staircase Escalante, and Canyonlands. Arches was cool, Bryce Canyon was my favorite, and Zion was overrated.
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We did see Bryce Canyon. I'll check that out more closely. We'll have just come from Park City. Denver would be the next destination (following Moab) so we'll have to see logistics. We booked the Jeep trip as it's in the evening and we'll have come from Park City, so that seemed very doable.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Did a road trip that way a few years ago. Didn't hit Moab, but visited Bryce Canyon, Zion, Grand Canyon, Arches, Grand Staircase Escalante, and Canyonlands. Arches was cool, Bryce Canyon was my favorite, and Zion was overrated.
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Been to Zion and the Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon was miles better than Zion.
 
Lanny said:
Been to Zion and the Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon was miles better than Zion.
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I've been to the Grand Canyon, as well. Amazing. I took my folks through there when I drove them back to Oregon from the Phoenix area. For a few winters, they snow-birded there for my dad's health's sake.


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ABM said:
I've been to the Grand Canyon, as well. Amazing. I took my folks through there when I drove them back to Oregon from the Phoenix area. For a few winters, they snow-birded there for my dad's health's sake.


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My bucket list is to walk over that glass bridge so I can look down and feel the amazement the way I felt looking at the spillways at Hoover dam.
 
This road trip keeps morphing into added stops along the way. Anyone ever been to the painted hills? My wife saw a pic and said she now HAS to go there. Shouldn't be a bad stop. We'll depart from The Dalles with Boise as the final destination for the day.
 
Camped there for a week in the mid 90's. Slept out of the tent in my sleeping bag on the ground and woke up to alot of cow hoof prints all around me.

That was kinda scary.

Also, did some good mushrooms on day 3, then a few of us went on a walkabout. at one point my best friend jumped down a 5 foot cliif and split both of his heel bones. We had to carry him out of the desert and he was laughing and crying simultaneously with every bounce and stumble we took.

Dude was a trooper. Set him up in the back of one of the pickups in a bed with his feet propped up and he stayed another two nights. However he has never been the same. had to quit his construction job later that year.

Anyhow its extremely beautiful, such clean air. Have fun ABM!
 
OK, we initially looked into renting a car from Portland to Nashville for the 19 days we'll be needing it.

$2,100.

I'm like, hmmmmm....

So, I did a little deeper research, and this is what I came up with:

Portland to Boise (which we were driving to anyway). Then Boise to Nashville. Same amount of days. 19.

$700.

It pays to get creative when renting a car. I'm sure supply/demand rules.
 
ABM said:
OK, we initially looked into renting a car from Portland to Nashville for the 19 days we'll be needing it.

$2,100.

I'm like, hmmmmm....

So, I did a little deeper research, and this is what I came up with:

Portland to Boise (which we were driving to anyway). Then Boise to Nashville. Same amount of days. 19.

$700.

It pays to get creative when renting a car. I'm sure supply/demand rules.
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Look! I found you some tour guides for Moab!


https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTop...you_find_crazy_wild_animals_in_Utah-Utah.html
 
ABM said:
OK, we initially looked into renting a car from Portland to Nashville for the 19 days we'll be needing it.

$2,100.

I'm like, hmmmmm....

So, I did a little deeper research, and this is what I came up with:

Portland to Boise (which we were driving to anyway). Then Boise to Nashville. Same amount of days. 19.

$700.

It pays to get creative when renting a car. I'm sure supply/demand rules.
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AMTRACK
 
We're visiting family and friends along the way across our beautiful country. Love Amtrak, but not really conducive for this trip. Thanks for the suggestion, though! :)
 
Orion Bailey said:
Ever taken Amtrak from Seattle To Chicago? One of the most beautiful rides there are.
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Never have, actually. Portland to Seattle plenty of times. Some of it is pretty. I like that Seattle to Chi-town concept, though!
 
Orion Bailey said:
Ever taken Amtrak from Seattle To Chicago? One of the most beautiful rides there are.
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Always wanted to take the Starlight Amtrak as well as the one from Seattle to Chicago. Tried planning a trip to Las Vegas, Birmingham, Atlanta via Amtrak but medical problems got in the way.
 
I gotta admit, though, Seattle and Chicago aren't my two fave cities at the moment.
 
CupWizier said:
meh, I prefer flying, especially when it costs me nothing. :bgrin:
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I haven't ridden the train since I was five years old. I just long for the experience. On the other hand, I've flown plenty of times so where's the thrill. I use to get so thrilled when flying that I would actually think we were taking off when we were just taxiing. It got to the point where I'd jump on the plane while really tired and go to sleep before the takeoff.

I only flew first class once and that was when I was bumped from Military standby, which was lower than tourist class, to first class because a bunch of French school children were touring the U.S. and got on before me. I was in Uniform during the war and the stewardesses were delighted to see me bumped to first class. I was pretty happy with it, also. I got drinks, steak, baked potato, delicious side dishes, fruit cheese and expensive wine all for free. Now, that's the way to treat G.I.s. Other than that no one ever did a fucking thing for me in uniform during the war even when returning from combat in uniform. One guy at OLive called me a baby killer sbout 25 years ago even though he had no idea what I did over there.
 
ABM said:
I gotta admit, though, Seattle and Chicago aren't my two fave cities at the moment.
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Those are two great cities. If you ever do visit Chicago, you absolutely must visit the museum of natural history and if you're ever in Seattle you must have the grilled Chinook salmon at Ray's Boat House, eat at Elliot's by the Pier, eat dinner in the Space Needle at night in a window seat and attend an event at the Seattle Opera Center. Seattle also has a world class hospital. Chicago has a world class university at the University of Chicago which I have yet to see. My wife and I ate a perfect Korean dinner in Chicago. Wow, were we lucky to find that.
 
Just tested positive for COVID-19. I'm only dealing with a little cough, a temp of 99, a few sneezes here and there. Nonetheless, my wife thought I should go in to be tested. Glad I did.

That said, the entire trip, we practiced safe distancing, masks all the time, the whole nine yards. However, last week, we did have breakfast with one of my wife's close friends. She's an ER nurse. The masks came off while we ate. Etc., etc. The nurse even commented that most of the hospital staff HATES the masks, and take them off whenever possible. Strange indeed.

Anyhoo, considering some of the things I've said in here regarding the covid, you "may" have thought I was taking a devil-may-care, cavalier approach to the virus. Trust me, we haven't. And, again, we took every cautionary approach on this trip. I was starting to feel a little down, lack of energy, late last week, so that's probably about the time I contracted it.

May the quarantine begin.
 
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Well, I'm sorry to hear that ABM. Hope you don't have any lasting effects (like death, for instance).

barfo
 
ABM said:
Just tested positive for COVID-19. I'm only dealing with a little cough, a temp of 99, a few sneezes here and there. Nonetheless, my wife thought I should go in to be tested. Glad I did.

That said, the entire trip, we practiced safe distancing, masks all the time, the whole nine yards. However, last week, we did have breakfast with one of my wife's close friends. She's an ER nurse. The masks came off while we ate. Etc., etc. The nurse even commented that most of the hospital staff HATES the masks, and take them off whenever possible. Strange indeed.

Anyhoo, considering some of the things I've said in here regarding the covid, you "may" have thought I was taking a devil-may-care, cavalier approach to the virus. Trust me, we haven't. And, again, we took every cautionary approach on this trip. I was starting to feel a little down, lack of energy, late last week, so that's probably about the time I contracted it.

May the quarantine begin.
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I'm sorry to hear this but I told you it was a terrible time to go on a vacation ....your answer to my post was....I'm not missing my sister's birthday....hopefully you haven't spread it to others...hopefully you'll contact those you've spent time with and hopefully you'll get through it ok. Two of my granddaughters in California tested positive awhile back and survived it ...they had gone back to work on the advice of Trump....their dad is a Trump fan....man did they regret listening to that liar......now I hope they don't have permanent damage from the infection like shortness of breath, heart disease, etc....Fauci said we don't know the long term effects yet.People need to stay the fuck home until a proven vaccine is available
 
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