Moab was packed this weekend. We got a late start on the weekend and found ourselves driving through campground after campground along Highway 128. I think there are 7 campgrounds in all, and we drove through all of them...and they were all booked. So, we boondocked it the first night and then got up early to snag one of the openings at the Dewey Bridge Campground.
We weren't thrilled with this campground at first glance as it appeared to be too close to the road, but we got a great spot under a huge cottonwood tree with a nice gully between the campsite and the highway. The campsites on the other side of the loop overlook the Colorado River. They were a bit exposed and windy though, so we were happy to have the side by the trees.
The campground is named after the famous Dewey Bridge that spans the Colorado River just up the road. The Dewey Bridge was the largest suspension bridge west of the Mississippi when it was constructed in about 1913. It was still the largest suspension bridge in Utah until it burned downed in 2000 -- from a kid playing with matches. The dangling cables are an erie reminder of the devastation caused by carelessness.
We had a great weekend mountain biking and checking out the property in Castle Valley. We biked a portion of the Kokopelli Trail through Yellow Jacket Canyon on Saturday. And on Sunday, I road the backroad into Arches National Park along Willow Spring Road. You can read about these rides on my other posts from the weekend.
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