What do you get when you match good weather with a teacher’s conference in Salt Lake City? You get a jammed packed Moab full of Utah families with kids on fall break.. Campgrounds are full and you can spot just about every kind of vehicle imaginable, with a heavy emphasis on Jeep products, since the annual Jeep Jamboree is also in town. This is our campground loop, about a quarter mile from the famous Slick Rock Trail. The Rebel is on the far right side.
The weapons to attack the desert trails come in all shapes and sizes. The kids around the corner have 3 mini ATV’s, the compound across the street has at least 10 mountain bikes, and the guys next to us have several bikes, and three 4x4 vehicles. Loop A of the Sand Flats Recreation Areas only has 15 spots, but it looks like Grand Central Station around here. SFRA is a unique place, located only about 3 miles from downtown Moab, it’s a place where muscle power and horse power come to play.
It’s worth noting . . . within the apparent chaos of the miles of slick rock domes and hundreds of vehicles, this place is very well organized. There are several defined trails, and people stick to them.
That is the scene directly above our campsite. We have resisted the temptation to take the FJ on the “Baby Lion’s Back” trail for one very pointed reason. How would we look if we rolled our FJ off the trail and landed on our trailer? We have no desire to be nominated for a Darwin Award.The gasoline may wear thin at times, but there is an unmistaken family atmosphere in Loop A, packs of kids playing hide and seek amongst the slick rock, big brother showing little sister how to ride an ATV, and this 'oh fer cute' scene of a parent and young child climbing high to get the last rays of sunshine.
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