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| Limestone mountains near Caineville, UT |
We moved locations from Torrey, UT to the Moab area on Tuesday, March 21st. The drive from Torrey to Moab had a change in scenery about every 5 miles, much like the rest of Utah! We went through limestone to sandstone, ranchland to slickrock hills.
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| Limestone and sandstone rock tower |
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| Lovely Kayenta sandstone spires |
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| Back into slickrock domes |
We originally thought we were headed to Dead Horse Point State Park, but we found a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) campground enroute that looked amazing for the cats, AND it was first-come-first-served (vs reserved online) AND it had space... so... we decided to stop short of the State Park.
Unfortunately, we staked out a site and decided to drive the rest of the loop and come back, and, as chance would have it, there was someone else in the site when we got back (within 10 minutes!). It was a single mom with a couple of young kids and a tent, and we explained to her that we only fit in a couple of sites in the whole campground, and that one was pretty much it for us... and she offered to move over to another site so we could have it... she hadn't even taken the tent out of the car yet (thankfully). So, phew!!!
We were able to set up on the inside loop, away from the property boundary (because fences are not something that either cat really abides by...) and in a site that we fit in. We ended up staying four nights and we are VERY grateful to the young mom for her flexibility. As it turned out, the State Park was very full and we likely would not have been able to find a spot there. Horsethief campground worked out fantastically for us.
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| Sam, looking for lizards! |
There is a lot of space between campsites on the inner loop, and though there is a lot of prickly pear cactus (which Tawny is not very good around), the red sand and the Utah juniper bushes, Pinyon pine trees, abundance of pine cones, lizards, slickrock and just general desert-ness was very fun for the cats.
Tawny caught her 2nd lizard tail of the trip, but I managed to get a rock over it before she ate it, as she is still trying to get her voice back and we’re not sure what caused the last throat irritation. Sam wanted the tail badly, but it was Tawny’s to lose… and she did. Her voice continues to become more like her old self every day, and I was happy to not have a setback in that process.
Sam spent his time hanging underneath Juniper bushes (locally referred to as “cedars”) and watching kids and dogs. He chased the odd desert rabbit, but mostly just explored the area surrounding the trailer and enjoyed the scenery.
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| Sam and Tawny, hanging under the Juniper bush (together!) |
Unfortunately, we staked out a site and decided to drive the rest of the loop and come back, and, as chance would have it, there was someone else in the site when we got back (within 10 minutes!). It was a single mom with a couple of young kids and a tent, and we explained to her that we only fit in a couple of sites in the whole campground, and that one was pretty much it for us... and she offered to move over to another site so we could have it... she hadn't even taken the tent out of the car yet (thankfully). So, phew!!!
Sam spent his time hanging underneath Juniper bushes (locally referred to as “cedars”) and watching kids and dogs. He chased the odd desert rabbit, but mostly just explored the area surrounding the trailer and enjoyed the scenery.
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