Fernanda e Karl Home Gallery Contact

Photos

Newest Set:
Miska - December
Miska - December
12/01/23

Miska - November Miska - November
11/01/23

Miska - OctoberMiska - October
10/01/23

Miska 2023 - September Miska 2023 - September
09/01/23

Miska 2023 - AugustMiska 2023 - August
08/09/23

India and Taj Mahal 2023India and Taj Mahal 2023
03/18/23

Germany (and Iceland) 2022Germany (and Iceland) 2022
12/01/22

Brasil 2022 - after BHBrasil 2022 - after BH
10/18/22

Brazil 2022Brazil 2022
10/07/22

Bathroom in the AnnexBathroom in the Annex
11/13/20

2020 Summer and Fall and Winter in the Pandemic2020 Summer and Fall and Winter in the Pandemic
08/23/20

Long Island 2020Long Island 2020
07/24/20

Balcony GardenBalcony Garden
05/05/20

Baltimore 2020Baltimore 2020
02/09/20

Train show at the NY Botanical Gardens Train show at the NY Botanical Gardens
12/07/19

Mohonk - Winter Wonderland Mohonk - Winter Wonderland
12/04/19

Oktoberfest 2019Oktoberfest 2019
10/06/19

Cool pictures of our apartment Cool pictures of our apartment
10/06/19

Burle Max at NY Botanical GardensBurle Max at NY Botanical Gardens
09/14/19

Papai In MemoriamPapai In Memoriam
08/04/19

Aussie Parents' VisitAussie Parents' Visit
05/15/19

A New Car!A New Car!
04/24/19

San Francisco San Francisco
02/10/19

Iceland Five-OIceland Five-O
01/26/19

Twin CitiesTwin Cities
10/12/18

Oktoberfest 2018Oktoberfest 2018
10/07/18

TerceiraTerceira
09/11/18

Ferry to TerceiraFerry to Terceira
09/10/18

São JorgeSão Jorge
09/07/18

PicoPico
09/05/18

[...]
(Show all)


Road Trip, Day 12

Adrenaline inducing sheer drops
Adrenaline inducing sheer drops
(Click to view)

Canyonlands


We left the motel this morning around 9:40. We weren't in any particular hurry. I checked my email, fixed a few things on this site...

We drove out to Canyonlands, which is on the other side of the road from Arches, only it's then a further 25 miles to the park entrance. We did a leisurely trip through the park, driving down all the roads and stopping at all the stops. We did a few of the shorter hikes. If you have any vertigo, like I do, then this park is a rush, as you can walk right up to the edge of these sheer cliff drops. Don't get too carried away framing a photograph, or you'll walk right off the edge. Fernanda didn't think Canyonlands was as exciting as Arches. I find Canyonlands very exciting, but then that might just be cheap adrenaline thrills talking.

We were finished by 3:30, and eagerly drove back to the motel pool. It was nice taking an early afternoon and just relaxing by the pool. Too bad the wifi doesn't reach to the pool.

We went out for dinner at an italian place with a nice patio, but higher prices than the other places we've been to. The experience was marred by them trying to stick in the gratuity for you at an 18% rate, "is that OK?" No, it isn't! This whole tipping thing in America is a huge pain in the butt. Don't make ME pay YOUR wait staff! If it's a tip, it shouldn't feel obligatory. If it's obligatory, regulate and regularize it, like they do in Europe. This system just sucks. And it sucks especially here in Moab, with lots of foreigners passing through. You can look at it from two angles: 1) they are trying to rip off the foreigners by putting a way too high gratuity in automatically, or 2) they get stiffed a lot by foreigners not knowing America has a stupid system in place and not tipping. Either way, the solution lies in getting rid of this stupid system!

After dinner we went to the local drug store to try and find a non-slip dashboard pad for the car like you always see but never buy, except when you want to by one, then you never see it. This drug store had everything, except for this pad. They had camping supplies, lamp oil, t-shirts, socks -- lots of cool stuff. Then we went to the supermarket to restock our supplies. Now I'm sitting outside the motel room, because the wifi connection is better here, trying to catch up writing captions for all these photos.

Tomorrow it's off to Arizona and the Grand Canyon.

(view pictures)
View Calendar

Previous Entries

:-(
06/19/21


Açores
08/29/18


Our New Bathroom Saga
11/17/16


Europe 2015
03/16/15


The Berkshires
10/18/14


Road Trip South
03/23/13


Greece!
07/26/12


Our Trip to Ireland
08/09/09


Google Map of our Trip
09/17/07


Road Trip: The End
09/15/07


Road Trip, Day 27
09/13/07


Road Trip, Day 26
09/12/07


Road Trip, Day 25
09/11/07


Road Trip, Day 24
09/10/07


Road Trip, Day 23
09/09/07


Road Trip, Day 22
09/08/07


Road Trip, Day 21
09/07/07


Road Trip, Day 20
09/06/07


Road Trip, Day 19
09/05/07


Road Trip, Day 18
09/04/07


Road Trip, Day 17
09/03/07


Road Trip, Day 16
09/02/07


Road Trip, Day 15
09/01/07


Road Trip, Day 14
08/31/07


Road Trip, Day 13
08/30/07


Road Trip, Day 11
08/28/07


Road Trip, Day 10
08/27/07


Road Trip, Day 9
08/26/07


Road Trip, Day 8
08/25/07


Road Trip, Day 7
08/24/07


[...]
(Show all)

Subscribe via RSS .91