It’s our 6th time in Moab (we’ve stayed for month-long and week-long stints before) and I thought we would a bit Moab’ed out, but Moab worked it’s magic again and it’s hard to leave after 5 days!

It’s by far the less busy time we visited and it is comforting to know that it is still possible to visit popular places and be mostly alone at certain times of the year (during the week, that is!).

We were here last 5 years ago and things have changed a lot in terms of boondocking. Willow Springs Road and Dalton Wells are now the UtahRaptor State Park with $15 a night camping fees. Klondike Bluffs North is also a paid campground now, but not Klondike South, which has way more sites than 5 years ago. The plus side for the new State Park is that there are porta potties and garbage disposal and designated campsites. The down side is that if you want to camp for free, you have to be further away from town and the bike trails.

We ended up camping on BLM 144, which is north of Klondike North, but about the same driving time to go to Dead Horse Point than if we had left from Moab. Signal was really good and the sites are really far apart.

View from our site. The desert light is simply stunning. Always changing.

We had hiked the Fisher towers before, but since Stout was with us, we couldn’t complete the hike as you have to go down a ladder at some point. Unfortunately, we had to turn around at that point once again because darkness was coming (we finished work at 2:30 pm and the trailhead was an hour from the BLM where we camped). We’ll be back!

Look at those hoodoos! They made me think of the Easter Island statues.

The plus side of late day hikes on work days is that we always catch the glorious sunsets. The down side: we have to rush back to beat the darkness because it comes fast at this time of year!

The trails were pretty much empty. There were only a few cars at the trailheads (even at Navajo Rocks!).

It was glorious!