Lower Onion Creek, Moab

We went down to Moab this weekend for our first camping trip of 2012.  It was a beautiful weekend with highs in the 70s.  It was a bit chilly at night, with the lows in the the 30s, but we were happy to be out in the great outdoors.  We got down to Moab early enough on Friday afternoon to score one of the coveted camping spots at the Lower Onion Creek Campground.  There are only 5 camping sites in this little campground located near the Colorado River.  Onion Creek flows into the Colorado at the boundary of the campground making it a really picturesque spot. 

View from our campsite of the red cliffs and
snow covered La Sal Mountains off in the distance. 

The Lower Onion Creek Campground is tough to spot, unless you are looking for it.  The dirt road entryway is off of Highway 128 just across from the access road to Fisher Towers.  The campground is about a mile in from the highway.  

The first camping trip with the Tacoma.

There always seems to be something going on in Moab these days.  We have learned to avoid the Jeep Safari Weekend (which happens around Easter) and the Half Marathon Weekend (that happens in mid-March).  This weekend it was the Skinny Tire Festival.  Although the event didn't require any road closures and the road bikers obviously didn't pack the trails, it was still a pretty busy weekend and we could have done better to avoid the race routes. 

Mary and Darwin on a morning hike.