July And August Picks For Vactioning In Moab Utah

The sun sets around 8:45 p.m. in July and August. Plan to be in Moab, Utah on Saturday or Wednesdays to embark on a long 1-day whitewater raft trip into Canyonlands National Park. What better use of long daylight hours in the desert in summer? Leave the NAVTEC Expeditions office in Moab at 7:00 a.m. to return by 7:45 p.m. by charter flight or 9:30 p.m. by ground transportation with the crew.

What do you get?
One hundred miles of the Colorado River from Moab to finish on Lake Powell.
Twenty six Grand Canyon style rapids. And you avoid the camping required to do a Grand Canyon trip.
Lunch and snacks
Licensed experience guide, operating a state-of-the-art Whitewater RHIB (rigid hull inflatable boat)

So it is hot and the river, being over the water, or in the Colorado River, is a smart choice for Moab in the summer months of July and August. Less expensive whitewater trips are available in Westwater Canyon located on the Colorado-Utah state border. For the most 1 day dates available in these months dial up Tag-A-Long Expeditions.

Consider camping overnight. You will find Sheri Griffith Expeditions has a bounty of July and August dates. Westwater Lost and Found by Mike Milligan, a former raft guide, has a historical paperback worth reading in advance. Check out the Click to Look INSIDE! feature on Amazon to see a sample of the contents of the book Westwater Lost and Found. Plan to give your copy to the raft guide or the river company as a part of your gratuity.

Traveling with your school age child? Canyonlands Field Institute (CFI) offers week long camps in July and August for 4th-6th graders. Enroll your student for an ecology camp while you and your spouse make a break with a Spa retreat at Sorrel River Ranch, a romantic dinner one night followed by a sunrise hot air balloon launch the next morning.

If you are more athletic, get up early, get out to hike to Delicate Arch, then relax in the heat of the day around your hotel pool. Or bike with Rim Tours on an 18 mile Sunrise Downhill Tour. Or consider the whitewater rafting options described previously. You won't toil with an exhausted child. By-the-way, CFI includes an age appropriate river experience with the camp program too.

At the end of the day, sample Moab brewed beer or Moab bottled wine, carefree. The thing is, mixing Moab up with a summer program for your offspring, you get do be active without cajoling the tyke to keep up with you. When you come back together, well, imagine how animated the dinner conversation will be about the separate experiences.

Make use of the long daylight hours of the desert in Moab Utah to play. You deserve this. You worked a strong schedule leading up to vacation time.