NV/AZ/UT Road Trip: Moab and Birthing Stone

Following a brief visit to Sego Canyon and the ghost town of Thompson Creek, we hightailed it to the big city - Moab. As expected the drive was spectacular with humongous red rocks flanking both sides of the road. Without a specific place in mind to visit, we found the Visitor Center the first stop to make for tips on what to see around here. From experience we find that Visitor Centers always point you to spots that aren’t online or not very popular online. The Visitor Center also has plenty of materials either for sale or otherwise. I believe this is also a good place to get a souvenir.

In our case, we were told if we are interested in petroglyphs we could go to this canyon not too far from where we were where we could visit the Birthing Stone petroglyph. More petroglyphs? After we had just been to one already this early morning?

However, since we were here and petroglyphs always fascinate me (although sometimes I question its authenticity) and they do make a fabulous Instagram post, we agreed that’s the place to go today - after a stop to replenish our essential supplies.

On the way to the canyon, we passed by this pretty-looking little park accentuated by a bridge over the Colorado that caught our attention, so much so that we took a U turn to see it up close. As we were nearing it, we noted that we could drive along the river for a different view prior to stopping at the park. So we did. Again, I just can't get enough of these massive red rocks towering high. They gleam under the sun with the backdrop of blue skies. And many photos were snapped. Then onto the little bridge for a different view of the Colorado River.

The canyon is fantastic and feels quite remote; and more importantly it’s not far from the Visitor Center but it really felt remote to me. The rugged arid landscape and dirt road made it feel like an adventure, even though we were not exploring it on ATV like so many of the people we see there. We didn’t go any farther than the Birthing Stone spot. The stone is situated below street level and so one has to descend. I was feeling unsteady on my feet at that time so I took photos from street level while the husband went in for a closer look.

Unfortunately we didn’t explore more of this place, although it looks like it is a good place for camping. I surmised there are campsites in these parts.

Really nice to have visited this place, although truthfully it pales in the wow factor compared to the other spots - national parks - we’ve seen so far.

I just can't seem to finish this road trip documentation. It is taking me all of the pandemic to post and I'm still got a few to go. Bear with me. Hopefully, before long we'll all get to travel safely again and enjoy the opportunity of exploring new places - one that I believe, we all took for granted before the pandemic. Stay safe everybody.