06 Moab Rally

Smoky · May 6, 2006

Thanks Tom, much obliged! Dang, you must have the memory of an elephant. Not only do I not remember pics of the campground at Moab, I don't even remember asking for them LOL! ;D

Ron from Big D · May 6, 2006

Shirley and I went up to the La Sal Mountains this morning and as usual, I took more photos. These are quite different from the desert rock shots that you have seen. We even have snow. Last night they had a new snow fall, but the temperatures are high enough that by mid morning, most of the signs were gone. Snow fell above 8000 feet is some areas and 9000 feet in all areas. This will probably be the last of the Moab shots since we depart tomorrow morning for Capitol Reef.

Hope you have enjoyed the photos. I will probably post some more when we get to SW Utah.

Ron from Big D · May 6, 2006

Just a few more to finish up the La Sal Loop drive.

Ron from Big D · May 6, 2006

Well!! This should rap it up. If you don't like the photos, I'll cut back.

Jim Johnson · May 6, 2006

Ron,

Thanks a lot for the pics. They made me miss not being there even more.

Wendy · May 6, 2006

Jim Johnson said:
Ron,

Thanks a lot for the pics.? They made me miss not? being there even more.? ?

We sure missed you and Tarry. Will you be here next year??

Jim Johnson · May 6, 2006

We sure missed you and Tarry. Will you be here next year??

Looks like it will be in the field, but we will be there.

Ian · May 7, 2006

Ron from Big D said:
... If you don't like the photos, I'll cut back.

Speaking personally, please don't stop the pictures. I have enjoyed each and every one of them from all contributors. They have showed me a whole new landscape, something I had never seen in all its complexity and variety. It has been a great journey and it has made me more than ever determined to one day see it for myself instead of through the eyes of this year's participants.

Now, how about the Framily at Moab making it even better by gathering all of the original sized photos and burning them into a Moab 06 CD/DVD so that we can see the pictures and the landscape in its fullest glory. That would be something to keep the heart warm as we head into winter downunder.

Ian · May 12, 2006

Just checking my maps and wondering if this picture is showing the RV Park where the Rally was held;
Google Maps showing Moab, UT
This does use a large chunk of bandwidth so please don't try this if you have a low speed connection

If not, could somebody please point the right camp out to me?

If anybody has some GPS Lat/Lons for me of some of the highlights shown in the pictures that would be really cool too.

Thanks, Ian

Ned · May 12, 2006

Coordinates for Portal RV Park from Google Earth (point to the office):
<longitude>-109.5679889694023</longitude>
<latitude>38.59192331428901</latitude>

Ian · May 12, 2006

Thanks Ned, that puts me in the right place, now, using Google Earth, would you be able to provide me with a KMZ file showing the various places referred to in the pictures?

Ned · May 12, 2006

That's a lot of places. I really don't have the time to compile such a file, even if I knew how to create a KMZ file from GE. I doubt that GE would give you much of a picture anyway. You can easily locate all of the national parks from the appropriate web sites. I would suggest starting at http://www.nps.gov/parks.html.

Shayne · May 12, 2006

Ron They are great Never get tired of looking at fabulous pictures.

Ian · May 12, 2006

Ned said:
That's a lot of places. I really don't have the time to compile such a file, even if I knew how to create a KMZ file from GE.

No problems. I just thought that as you have the GPS of some of the sites it might be easy to just plug them into GE. I can do that from this end if you have the locations listed into a file, if not, don't worry about it. As you say, most of them would already have been marked. This message links to a point showing the site of the Indian Petroglyphs.

I doubt that GE would give you much of a picture anyway. You can easily locate all of the national parks from the appropriate web sites. I would suggest starting at http://www.nps.gov/parks.html.

Thanks I might head over there and take a look.

I did some research from links given within GE and found these quite neat photos:
http://moab.fotopic.net/p21075271.html
... the Colorado river flowing south west between the 900m foot mesas that form the portal at the north western end of the Moab valley.

http://moab.fotopic.net/p25022162.html
Heading north out of Moab, and past the Arches National Park visitor centre on highway 191, a road cutting exposes intense faulting in the damage zone of the southern end of the Moab Fault.

http://moab.fotopic.net/c715408_1.html
Photos taken from a Cessna flown out of Moab airstrip by Redtail aviation

I was also thinking of putting up a GE shot showing the turnoff and the park's bays. Perhaps one of the regulars might like to add numbers or directions etc to help those heading there in the future. Would there be any interest in that? Wasn't there something like that in the Library already?

Ron · May 13, 2006

Another couple photo taken during the walk along Park Avenue in Arches National Park during the Moab Rally.

Jim Dick · May 13, 2006

Ron,

Two great shots!!! Park Avenue sure has it's photo ops.

Ron · May 13, 2006

Thanks Jim. The whole Moab area or should I say Southern Utah presents unlimited photo ops.

Jim Dick · May 13, 2006

Ron,

I really love Utah and the Moab area. If it weren't for the colder winters I'd probably move there. I just put one of my photos of Canyonlands on the desktop for my wallpaper. Sure did miss being there this year. We plan on being there for the '08 rally! Hope there's a spot for us.

Wendy · May 13, 2006

Jim Dick said:
I really love Utah and the Moab area. If it weren't for the colder winters I'd probably move there.

You could always live in Utah from April through October and head south when the first flurries fly......

Jim Dick · May 13, 2006

Hi Wendy,

You are correct. I guess the real reason is both kids are on the east coast, at the moment, and Grandma needs the Grandkids fix every so often.

Don't know the tax structure for Utah but Florida is very favorable for Rvers. No tax on the coach or car!

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