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MG TD TF 1500 - Drive in an MG

My TF is still down so I took the B out for a drive of about 225 miles yesterday into eastern Utah. Took a road I had never been on before. Nice drive but way too hot. Back to work on the TF tomorrow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8al5JgYLmA
L E D LaVerne

What a great country the USA is!
Klaus
Klaus Harthof

Nice video and a nice part of the country, LaVerne. When you left Moab and were following the Colorado River, was that Hwy 128? I took that route in my 77 MGB in the fall of 2012 on my way back home from Zion, but I only saw it in the dark.

If it was 128, is there a road that continues along the river, or did you have to get back on I-70 near Cisco, UT?

Here is a photo not too far from you. Does it look familiar?

Charley

CR Huff

The photo of the Westways was on the way to Zion. Here is a photo of the B tucked in there for the night.

On the way back I stopped in, I believe, Gunnison, CO at about 3 in the morning for a coffee at a convenience/fuel store. It is a college town. While I was talking to the only other customer about is late 70s Benz, a student on a bicycle stopped in front of the B, and looked at it for a long time. He was outside, and we were inside watching him. After about a minute, the took a handkerchief out of his pocket and polished the emblem on the B, and then rode off. It was a nice touch.

Charley

CR Huff

Yes it follows the Colorado river ( I don't even know the number) until you reach Cisco and then you have no choice but to return to I-70 for the last 50 miles home. I usually drive to Moab once or twice a year. The river road was just a dirt road when I was a kid and I remember riding with my grand parents stopping and waiting for the water flowing over the low spots to receded when it rained so we could pass. There used to be a couple of peach orchards along the river, but they have been torn out and now there are a couple of large guest ranches. On the way down we took a side road that I had never been on which took us up and over the LaSalle Mountains and then back into Moab. I don't recognize the Motel sign. Drove down there last year in the TF.

L E D LaVerne

Any recommendations on places to stay in Moab (and Bryce and Zions)?

We're flying to Salt Lake City and doing that loop in a rental car. We'll be meeting our parents and a couple from England in Moab and traveling with them to Bryce, although we're going on to Zions without them. They are going back through Colorado to do the Durango-Silverton railway, etc.

We're complete newbies in Utah, etc., so we're struggling to find good places to stay...
David Littlefield

I didn't remember the highway number either, but I checked a map. I figured that must be the one.

The Westways is a well preserved (or restored) motorcourt in Delta, CO on US 50. The sign says "Since 1946". I enjoyed it.

Charley

CR Huff

No recommendations on a hotel. I haven't spent the night in Moab in about 30 years and I think at that time we were camping. There are quite a few nice ones and they are building more. The town has emerged as quite a tourist center.

Delta is a bout 50 miles south east of me... I think that place is right next to the Gunnison river.
L E D LaVerne

David, Moab has all the chain hotels as I remember. Just check Tripadvisor.com for reviews. Don't know when you're going but if it's soon, think "HOT"! It's a mountain biking mecca. Not much else there, imo.
Ed
efh Haskell

David,

The town that serves Zion, and has the hotels, is Springdale. I stayed at the Driftwood Lodge, and was happy with it. You can check them out online.

http://www.driftwoodlodge.net/

Charley
CR Huff

Thanks, guys. We'll certainly check out the Driftwood Lodge.
David Littlefield

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