Moab, UT



Moab could be considered the "city unique" of Utah. It's infested three-quarters of the year with gear heads and rock crawlers. Tourists show up with every kind of wheeled conveyance imaginable, from mountain bikes to $100,000 cliff climbing jeeps. The slickrock country around Moab is perfect for four-wheeling and off-roading. I've been to Moab many times, and I'm sorry to say that few of my photos capture this very important part of the Moab economy. Instead, I've included a series of random photos which may or may not convey the essence of Moab. I'll try to do better in the future.



Welcome to Moab


View down Main Street


Big Horn Lodge


Shops along Main Street


Earth Studio


Retail art


Very Colorful


Faux pictographs


Hogan Trading Company


Hogan Trading Co. interior


Metal kachinas


Music in the park


Testing the tomatos


Canyonlands Trading Post


The old and the new


Red rock just outside Moab


Tracks Museum

McStiff's Plaza


Bar-M Chuckwagon

I went to see the show at the Bar-M Chuckwagon in 2009. You got a chuckwagon meal, a shootout, and cowboy songs by the Bar-M Wranglers all for a very reasonable price. The Bar M Chuckwagon is now only available for private parties, and I understand that soon it will be known as the Handlebar Ranch. It's nice I got some photos from the good old days.



Doc Cranshaw's Wild West Medicine Show


Chuck Wagon


Saloon


Did you just shoot this chicken?


The good guy


The bad guy


Good guy action figure


John Wayne


Bar-M Wranglers


One of the Buckaroo Brothers


Lin Ottinger's Rock Shop

Lin Ottinger started the Rock Shop in 1960 and it's still going strong. I've always been facinated by fossils and minerals (what kid isn't), and I try to stop by the Rock Shop every time I'm in Moab.



Lin Ottinger's Rock Shop - 1995


Lin Ottinger's Rock Shop - 2011


Rock Shop interior


Rock Shop interior


Petrified fish


Fossil ferns


Outdoor shopping


Could be rose quartz?


Pay on the honor system


Rock Shop


Sunset Grill

The Sunset Grill occupies the former residence of Charlie Steen, the "Uranium King" of Moab. The restaurant is so named because it sits high on a ridge and faces west over the valley with a terrific view of the sunset. I wanted to include more info on the house itself, but could not find any details.



Sunset Grill

Stephanie tries to fill
some big shoes.


View of Moab from Sunset Grill


Cactus garden


Attack of the brontosaurus


Outdoor dining at the Sunset Grill


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