{"id":1049,"date":"2013-10-12T22:15:14","date_gmt":"2013-10-13T03:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jaderiderjourneys.com\/2endslavery\/?p=1049"},"modified":"2013-10-12T22:20:44","modified_gmt":"2013-10-13T03:20:44","slug":"a-crown-jewel-and-a-small-tail-of-the-dragon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jaderiderjourneys.com\/2endslavery\/2013\/10\/12\/a-crown-jewel-and-a-small-tail-of-the-dragon\/","title":{"rendered":"A Crown Jewel and a Small Tail of the Dragon"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is starting to sound like a broken record, or like we would say in Guatemala. a scratched disc.\u00a0 So here it goes: “What a difference a day makes” or in this case, “What a difference a few hours make”.\u00a0 I awakened in another funk. Pretty down with the weather and the seeming lack of experiences.\u00a0 Trying to figure out how to make this reach the deep levels of excitement and plain old ‘This is what I am talking about’ kinda feeling.\u00a0 Surely, staying in the cabin was not gonna do it.\u00a0 So, I just grabbed my stuff and rode into town.\u00a0 I went over to the bicycle place and they were not doing canyon tours.\u00a0 Dog!@,\u00a0 Strike One.\u00a0 Well, funk is better addressed with a full stomach, so I went to grab breakfast and after getting some protein in me I decided that I needed to create the moment.\u00a0 So I called the camp site, ask them to extend me for another night in Moab, and then went over to the bicycle rental place and reserved one for tomorrow.\u00a0 If they were not doing tours, I would make my own.\u00a0 From there, following Beat’s advice, I was off to look for Corona Arch.
\nThe initial approach is through the same road that takes you from Moab to Arches National Park.\u00a0 However, before you get there, you take a left hand turn on to Utah 279.\u00a0 The turn is actually marked as the road to Potash.\u00a0 I had seen this before, and it always struck me as a road that leads off to some kinds industrial complex on the side of the road.\u00a0 It seemed at first like a dud. However, all of the sudden you find yourself flanked by the Colorado River on your left, and the most incredible red cliffs on your right.\u00a0 The cliffs are adorned by the black patina that characterizes the area, and turned out to be a rock climbers paradise.\u00a0 The cliffs also are adorned, in a couple of places, with ancient petroglyphs.
\nThis was plain old bliss.\u00a0 I made it to the parking area for the Corona Arch trailhead.\u00a0 I changed into hiking clothes, and off I was.\u00a0 The mile and a half hike is a bit more strenuous than one would think, but is is well worth it. Leading to Corona Arch you actually come across two more arches, but nobody pays any attention, seemingly.\u00a0 To me though, an arch is one of the treasures and gifts of creation.\u00a0 Even though there were a number of people on the trail and at the site, this is still a less visited site, when compared to Arches National Park.\u00a0 So, when I finally saw the Corona Arch, I was in heaven.\u00a0 Corona Arch is a partly freestanding arch with a 140-foot by 105-foot opening. It sits at the edge of the canyon, and next to it is Bowtie Arch, which looks more like a skylight to me.\u00a0 WIth the blue sky shining through it, I decided, that this is so good, that this would be a good alternative site to have my ashed spread.\u00a0 Are you listening Sandra and Adelina?
\nFrom all this you may justly infer that I finally beat my funk.\u00a0 Indeed, Corona Arch can definitely be considered one of the crown jewels in my book.
\nI spent the next several hours walking around in the area, getting off the path and exploring.\u00a0 At some point, when I ran out of water, it was time to head back to Moab and get lunch.\u00a0 While waiting for my meal to arrive, I decided that there would be no grander way to end the day than to got watch the sunset at Grand View Point in Canyonlands.\u00a0 So off I was and indeed it was grand.\u00a0 You will have to wait for the pictures until I get back.\u00a0
\nOh yes, and whit is this Dragon Tail business? Well, in almost every motorcycle rider bucket list is riding the tail of the dragon, which is a segment of road in North Carolina which is 11 miles long and has 311 curves. Well, in the last 0.9 miles of road, leading to the Grand View lookout, there are 23 curves. I always considered this exiting little segment my mini Tail of the Dragon.
\nIn the meantime, Good Nite.\u00a0 And if you like all the stories that freedom makes possible, please consider donating to IJM.\u00a0 They make freedom possible for those who are otherwise denied<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is starting to sound like a broken record, or like we would say in Guatemala. a scratched disc.\u00a0 So here it goes: “What a difference a day makes” or in this case, “What a difference a few hours make”.\u00a0 I awakened in another funk. Pretty down with the weather and the seeming lack of… Read More »A Crown Jewel and a Small Tail of the Dragon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2o6Hc-gV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jaderiderjourneys.com\/2endslavery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jaderiderjourneys.com\/2endslavery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jaderiderjourneys.com\/2endslavery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaderiderjourneys.com\/2endslavery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaderiderjourneys.com\/2endslavery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1049"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaderiderjourneys.com\/2endslavery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1051,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaderiderjourneys.com\/2endslavery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1049\/revisions\/1051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jaderiderjourneys.com\/2endslavery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaderiderjourneys.com\/2endslavery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaderiderjourneys.com\/2endslavery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}