Fisher Towers

The details on our amazing Moab trip!

The trip was truly amazing, the scenery beautiful, and quite hot in August (100+ degrees every day). But to anyone who wants to go I would highly recommend.

How to get there:

• Fly into Salt Lake City and drive 4 hours
• Fly into grand junction CO and drive an hour and a half 
• Drive from somewhere else!

Food in town:

Honestly it’s not a foodie town, the food was eh and we ate most of our meals at the Sorrel River Ranch (because that was amazing with their own garden and well sourced food)

• more restaurant names below 

Where we stayed:

• Sorrel River Ranch and it was amazing – I highly recommend it 
• Others below!

Here it is, our Itinerary (blog-style, I kept it as we went!)

Day 1:

Arrive in SLC, stop at Whole Foods in SLC pick up lots of food for our Moab trip, drive to sorrel river ranch 

• Hiked most of Fischer towers (hard to find the trail head)- later on we realized we had only gone about 1/2 of the way- the full way was DEFINITELY worth it!
• Had dinner at Sorrel River Ranch – it was amazing, local bass with local veggies – the chef was super accommodating with my allergies – all week!
• Finished the day with complementary s’mores by the fire – we ended up doing this EVERY DAY  

Day 2:

Morning yoga by the Colorado river – a MAJOR highlight of the trip!

• Wake up at 6 am (8 hours later!)
• Smoothie bowl breakfast after a walk to get tea
• Riverside yoga 
• Another breakfast (eating enough while being this active is SUPER important!)
• Off to Arches National Park! (Planning to do delicate arch and devils garden let’s see how far we get
• Hiked to Delicate Arch- it’s a bit of a trek but totally worth it- but our camera died! So back to the ranch to get another before another adventure 
• Lunch at Sorrel River Ranch – a delicious farm veggie salad and roasted veggies 
• Back out to Canyonlands – upheaval dome- definitely worth seeing – we hiked to the first and second outlook points, then to grand view for the sunset which was spectacular (it’s far away so budget it into your timeline!)
• First night for dinner In Moab- went to peace tree cafe- not my favorite food but exhausted so it’ll do ????

Day 3:

Up early, a quick yoga flow/stretch- breakfast then off to devils garden!

• Devils garden primitive trail – long and hard but AWESOEM- the regular to the end is quite enough but if you’re extra ambitious go for the full thing!
• Back to the ranch to have lunch, hang out and relax 
• Afternoon hike to sorrel ridge – and petting animals at the petting zoo 
• Dinner at the ranch I’m obsessed with their clean farm to table food!
• S’mores by the fire of course – and meeting wonderful people ( and networking!)

Day 4:

Up early to drive into town to get fiery furnace pass (a part of arches that you need a pass to hike- it’s an aggressive hike without a trail so we decided to get a ranger to hike with!)

• Back for morning yoga at sorrel river ranch!
• A quick smoothie bowl breakfast and off to hike fisher towers for the second time but this time we’re determined to finish and honestly it’s my favorite hike thus far 
• Back for lunch- feeling really hungry – got a salad with chicken and two sides of roasted veggies plus a Hershey’s chocolate bar – I’ll be full for a while
• Out for a stroll- went to an easy part of arches national park called park Avenue for a stroll – then found a great natural food store called moon flower – picked up some faves – rice cakes, rice puff cereal, granola for Paul, some all natural sweet gummies and blueberries
• Back to the ranch for a horseback ride before dinner! (Which was so magical- I did a little reiki on the horse to align our energies and it was a wonderful idea)
• Back at the ranch for dinner again- they’ve been teriffic with my allergies – sea bass, carrots, Brussels and cauliflower – simply made from the garden 
• S’mores to finish the night!

Day 5: 

• Slept 8 hours!
• Up and breakfast (smoothie bowl, duh)
• Off to grandstaf trail for a flat hike before our afternoon hilly rocky hike later (granstaf was awesome! A mix of flat- rocky and water and an arch at the end!)
• Back for lunch at sorrel- lots of sandwiches in town but not lots of salads so back for my roasted veggies and salad
• Fiery furnace hike with a park ranger – moved slowly but was pretty cool and we wouldn’t have been comfortable doing the unmarked hike alone- 
• Last night- back at sorrel for dinner by the river ❤️

Day 6:

Sore! Our last morning in the desert 

• yoga on my mat myself (feeling a little angsty)
• Smoothie bowl breakfast 
• Off to bow tie and corona arches right in town- they’re not part of the park but recommended by nearly everyone and if you have a pup this one is one of the few you can take your dog with you on (update- loved corona arch! Absolutely don’t miss this one)
• Back to sorrel to check out and one more lunch (grabbed car snacks for later on the way!)
• Dead horse point state park – our final destination before heading back to Salt Lake City and it’s definitely not something to be missed th views are incredible 
• Ate at Pago in Salt Lake City- which was delish though I wouldn’t recommend it with allergies they had a tough time accommodating me 
• Stayed at The Kimpton Hotel Monaco in SLC

DAY 7: fly back!

Grand View Point

Places to eat in town: (town food isn’t awesome mostly sandwiches)

• Moab garage 
• Desert bistro 
• Antica forma- pizza and gluten free pizza 
• Sorrel river ranch (where we ate 90% of the time)
• 98 center
• Peace tree cafe 
• Moonflower natural store 

Hikes/places to visit:

• Delicate arch 
• Devils garden – primitive loop 
• Upheaval dome 
• Grand view point 
• Sorrel ridge 
• Fisher towers 
• Granstaf trail
• Fiery furnace – tough!
• Park avenue – if you’re looking for an easy quick walk 
• Bow tie and corona arches (in town)
• Dead horse state park (a must go!)

Other activities to do:

• Jeeping 
• ATV/UTV
• canyoneering/ rock climbing 
• Kayaking 
• Rafting 
• Jet boat tours
• Hiking 
• Horse back riding 

Other places to stay:

• plenty of Marriott/best western properties
• Red cliffs lodge 
• Moab under canvas 
• Sorrel river ranch (obviously!)
• Camp!

Best time of year to go:

• Spring (May/June)
• Fall (Sept/Oct)
• We loved it in the summer but it was HOT!

If you’re trying to plan a trip or have questions please send them my way, I’d love to help you!

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Devils Garden