04-25-2013 More Moab

Moab is a fun place for us.  Lots of things we like to do, hiking, motorcycle riding, and climbing.  We are there too early to enjoy the whitewater rafting.  In our campground a group of side-car riders came to stay. 

 

 

We took a day and rode south of Moab to the Picture Frame cliff.

 

While we were there a young couple was in the process of setting up a climb rope on the arch.  They intended to climb the rope to the top of the arch to gain access to the top of the plateau.  Standing inside the bowl you can see why they named it picture frame.

 

We plotted out a nice motorcycle ride, Potash Road, Shafer Trail, and then Gemini Bridge Road, 70 miles all together.  The sky was blue the rocks are red. 

 

We met Jerry from Vancouver, BC.  He rode a four wheeler and drove a jeep.  He used to ride motorcycles but decided to put four wheels under himself.  We did a nice ride together on the Sovereign Loop trail.  He followed us in his jeep on the Potash-Shafer ride.

 

 

Barbara was a little apprehensive about the Shafer Trail portion of the ride, but she enjoyed it. 

 

It’s very pretty to stand up on the edge of the Colorado River and look down. 

 

 

We came to the spot where they shot the car jump scene from the movie Thelma and Louise.  We had been here in 2011 when we came through Moab the first time. 

Here we are in 2011

 

Here we are in 2013

 

 

 

And then we came to Shafer Trail.  Yes, the zig zag lines are the road.

 

Steep, dusty, loose rocks, we had to climb in first gear.

 

Stopped about half way up to take a breather.

 

Once you get to the top you go around the edge to get back up to the main plateau.  In this shot you can see the approaching road at the bottom on the left, then the edge road at the top. 

 All in all it was a good day to ride.  We saw some real pretty country and enjoyed the company and the ride.