Day 5 Tuesday August 21st - Fruita, CO to Moab, UT.

We headed into downtown Fruita to get pics with Chicken and Rocky with a sculpture of Mike the Headless Chicken (http://www.miketheheadlesschicken.org/) and to have breakfast. Colorado was identified as the “most fit” state in the United States and you can tell. The place we stopped for breakfast had a very healthy menu, but it was good!!! We then headed towards Moab, UT. It was only 144 miles, but the first 104 miles was the most boring part of the trip. It looks like a wasteland until you get about 40 miles from Moab and then it looks like another world. The road drops into a canyon that follows the Colorado River and has massive red cliffs on both sides for much of the way. We rolled into Moab about lunch and had a great lunch at the Peace Café. We checked into the hotel (very nice Gonzo Inn) and unloaded the bags before heading up to Arches National Park. It was beautiful as always, but the temperature was a notch below the surface of the sun!!! We toured around for a few hours before heading back into Moab for the evening. We will go back in the morning for some sunrise shots. Drove 144 miles today for a total of 1577 miles.