Wednesday July 11, 2012

We got up fairly early this morning and packed up the truck.  We had a light complimentary breakfast at the motel and then got on our way.  It was a long day of driving.  We stopped for drinks and snacks when we filled the truck with gas and that held us until we stopped for a late lunch at Wendy’s – couldn’t find a diner, but they made a pretty good salad.  We listened to another audio book and looked out the window at the changing scenery.  The kids are also enjoying listening to the one music disc we have with us:  American Graffiti, a 50’s/60’s collection.  We came into Moab, Utah (a new state for the boys – I think that makes 14 on the trip so far) at about 6:00.  We ate at the Moab Diner and then found the grocery store and filled out our food supply.  We drove back about 4 miles to Arches and then had to drive another 18 miles to the campground (Devil’s Garden).  We got the tents set up, read a couple of chapters in our book (the story is getting quite interesting) and got to bed.  I don’t think anyone got to sleep right away though as it was HOT!  It had been 103, but I think it was still in the 90’s when we went to bed around 10.