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| Mexican Hat. |
A relatively slow day with all morning taken up travelling from Monument Valley to Moab, including a few detours to take in some sights. We passed through one town called Mexican Hat – this rock formation demonstrates where the name came from. Further on we detoured from the main road to visit Newspaper Rock. It seems rather a shame that a rock-face containing a large number of petroglyphs (ancient pictures made by rock-pecking) has to be given an anglicised name.
Upon arriving in Moab we discovered we were too early to check-in so headed to a laundromat to do a load of washing. Mum’s getting as much experience in this area of domestic duties as I am with filling the car with petrol.
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| Newspaper Rock |
After a short siesta we visited the Visitors’ Centre at Arches National Park (Sunday’s objective) and made an exploratory trip into a section of the park. More amazing scenery is just waiting to be revealed.
Moab is an interesting place – very, very tourism orientated as there are lots of adventure sports people can engage in as well as the two national parks in the area. Motels are EVERYWHERE! The town occupies a long narrow valley and is about 10 km, end to end. With so much accommodation there’s no shortage of eating establishments as well.
