https://wt8p.com/tags/utah/ Recent content in Utah on WT8P's Notes to Self Hugo en-us Mon, 09 Dec 2019 05:36:04 +0000 https://wt8p.com/fun-in-utah-arches-national-park/ Mon, 09 Dec 2019 05:36:04 +0000 https://wt8p.com/fun-in-utah-arches-national-park/ <p>One of the rare holidays we receive is Columbus Day. (Seriously?) I’d planned to spend a four-day weekend visiting Arches National Park, when I found some vacation “under the couch,” and extended it to a whole ten days, then added destinations onto that.</p> <p>The plan was to fly to Salt Lake City Friday evening, spend the night, then drive to Moab via a rare (one of four remaining August 2000 hides) geocache, <a href="https://coord.info/GC3B">Potter’s Pond</a>. Located in <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/mantilasal/recarea/?recid=77710">Manti-La Sal National Forest</a>, at about 9,000′, inclement weather is always a possibility.  Once the snow accumulates enough, it’s extremely difficult for a tourist like me to access it until the spring thaw, mid- to late-June.  I kept my eye on the weather.</p>