March 25--Fisher Towers

We drove out to Fisher Towers (about 22 miles north of Moab) to hike.  (This is the tower that is in that new credit card commercial where the girl climbs up and stands on the tiny rock at the top of the very tall tower.)  The hike winds around a couple of small canyons to get out to the towers.  The area was beautiful and we had some shade on the trail, which made it a really pleasant morning for hiking.

After we stopped for pictures of the biggest tower (the Titan), we turned around and headed back out the trail. As luck would have it, there was a group of climbers scaling the tower (just like on the ad).  One of them was very close to the top, so we kept stopping along the trail to watch.  YES...HE STOOD ON THE VERY TOP ...just like in the ad!  To make this fun event even better, he came down, switched places with a girl, and SHE DID IT, TOO!   If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would still be thinking that the TV ad was just a big Photoshop job.  (Check out the video, because we took one.)

We drove through Moab, filled up with gas, bought a few groceries, and drove to the Island in the Sky area of Canyonlands National Park.  Their only campground was full, so we drove a few miles back down the road and camped at Horse Thief Campground (run by the BLM--Bureau of Land Management). The campground was very pretty, but was on the top of a large mesa and a front was blowing in.  The winds were about 30 miles an hour and the ground is mostly sand, so it was not very pleasant.  Needless to say, we spent the night in our bus.  It was nice and warm in the bus, but every so often it rocked back and forth, thanks to that wind!

Hopefully, the wind will die down before we head out to hike in Canyonlands.....