Jeff and Sharon's Travel Blog

Well we are in Seattle. We got up at 4AM to catch a ride from my Dad to the Nashville…

I woke up a bit earlier than Sharon. I figured it would be best to start packing after all we…

We slept in a little today, but it didn’t feel like it. Checkout was at 11AM and we were sure we would be out by then. We loaded up our car and headed out to McDonald’s for our $13 meal for both of us. I guess things are expensive in Moab. For the same 2 meals of Sausage Egg & Biscuit, hash brown and drink would have been around $7 at home.

After getting gas and orange Fanta we stopped by a local rock shop in Moab. Sharon saw a lot of rocks, none of which she felt like getting. I think people get caught up in souvenir buying and don’t realize that what they’re buying will just sit and collect dust once they get home. So it was $1 for an ordinary rock with increasing prices as the rocks became prettier or more interesting. They did sell fossils of fish imprinted in rock, which I did think about getting, but I wasn’t sure where I would put it, plus I wasn’t sure if it was authentic. Part of me repeats that Indiana Jones quote “It belongs in a museum!” Who am I to have a fos

We got up at around 7:45AM to start our day. Our hotel didn’t serve breakfast, so we decided on Moab…

Our hotel has doors that open to the outside and not to a hotel hallway. At around 10:30PM last night Sharon and I had just gotten into bed. Then we heard a clicking sound as if someone was trying to get in the room. Now you need to know that Sharon and myself are introverted and mousy people. So we are not likely to confront people. This person obviously had the wrong room. The room numbers are printed on the keychain. So why didn’t it dawn on her after trying a few times that she was in the wrong place. After the 3rd time of her going away and trying the key again I told her “I think you have the wrong room.” “Sorry,” she said and didn’t try it again. I didn’t dare open the door to her figuring the key in the door was a ruse to rob us (you never know). Seems that she and her husband probably wanted the unmarked room behind us. We heard them move into that after while. It didn’t help that the hotel front desk closed after hours. So we couldn’t exactly call the front desk

I’m always apprehensive about staying at motels with doors that open to the outside, rather than a hallway as with most hotels. I figure there is no barrier to thieves or undesirables from robbing you. Wetherill Inn was setup like this. But thankfully nothing happened during the night.

We got up at around 7:30AM. We didn’t necessarily have a schedule, only to get to Mesa Verde National Park in time to see much of it before the attractions closed.

Breakfast at Wetherill Inn was at a breakfast room down the hallway from reception. It was a bit more limited than what we were used to at previous hotels. I guess we’ve been spoiled with scrambled eggs and sausage. The breakfast bar had an array of boiled eggs, oatmeal, donuts, and cereal. I was pleased to see they had Lucky Charms which I occasionally have at home for a snack. Next to us was a German family. I had a short discussion with Sharon about how Germans and other Europeans get off for multiple weeks for vacation, while Amer

We had to get up early today as we had to check in at 8AM for the 8:30AM Upper Antelope Canyon Tour. So we set our alarm for 6AM. Breakfast at the hotel gave us a bit more options than past hotels we had stayed at during this trip. As a bonus they had bacon and donuts among the usual waffles, toast and eggs. The orange juice machine was broken, but they were kind enough to leave a serving container of apple juice. I had a bit more extra bacon since it was very thin. Also I managed to get strawberry jam for my biscuits, a rarity since I can’t eat an entire jar for strawberry jam by myself at home (Sharon is adverse to strawberries. 🙂

After a hardy breakfast we checked out of our room simply by putting a key in a basket on our way out. I guess everyone had to prepay before getting their key.

We made the 5 minute journey to the tour operator’s check in point for the Upper Antelope Canyon Tour. I showed the lady at the desk my online purchase receipt and she gave me a pass to ge