We had noticed signs for the La Sal mountain loop during our trips into Moab. So we researched the route and found it ran 60 miles along the western edge of the La Sal mountains. But we found another route on our Alltrails app, which was 103 miles and would take us around the east side of the mountains. So we opted for the longer route. It turns out that the longer route takes you on some dirt roads through a patchwork of National Forest Lands, Utah State trust lands, private property and some private trust lands. Leslie got about 50 miles of driving dirt road experience today. We came within a couple of miles of the Colorado boarder. The route starts at the Colorado River, goes around the edge of Castle Valley and climbed up to a high ridge (where the dirt roads started) before working its way around the backside of the mountains and eventually dropped us onto US90 about 20 miles south of Moab. The views were fantastic. It was also great to see some real green trees! We were up over 7000 feet and there were pine and birch trees as well as scrub oak . We are getting tired of brown sand and dust at the lower altitudes. Driving into Moab, we stopped at Fiesta Mexicana for a Mexican food fix. The food and margaritas were ok, but not the best we have ever had. Then it was home to the Wanderer.
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| Driving along the Colorado River |
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| Looking back toward Arches NP |
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| La Sal Mountains from the North |
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| Looking down into the harsh low lands |
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| Lunch time view |
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| La Sal mountains from the east |
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| Driving towards the peaks |
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| La Sal mountains from the south |
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