Raven's Rim Zip Line Adventures is a marvel for the novice zipliner like myself. I've never ziplined. But I've certainly benefited from the great modern marvels produced using strong cable. Such as elevators, trams, chairlifts and suspension bridges. Ziplining is more raw and simple. Ziplining was actually invented for bird watching. The concept is to travel on a cable … [Read more...]
Moab Giants – Dinosaur Museum Comes to Moab
Moab Giants is a $10 million open-air dinosaur park and museum scheduled to open later this year. Located 10 miles north of Moab at the junction of US Highway 191 and State Route 313, the park will cover almost 45 acres. The project is part of the Paleo-Safari Project and funded by Polish investors who have built dinosaur museums in Europe. Headed by Gerard Gierlinski, the … [Read more...]
Moab’s Triassic Industries – Back to the Basics
How does a tree cutting service become an art gallery? Simple. Ask Jennifer Urbanczyk, who owns Triassic with her husband, Scott Anderson. “We have been a tree service in Moab for about eight years, and Justin was making spoons and jewelry and selling them at farmers markets. About two years ago we opened our retail store.” Triassic is a full service tree, wood, art and … [Read more...]
Fresh Moab Coffee
Bob Owen ditched a fancy job as a medical researcher at the Mayo Clinic to move to Moab. Owen isn’t the only one: “Moab is a magnet for PhDs seeking a more simple life.” He says he has never looked back on his high-stress job rife of politics and big egos. Owen picked up a 100-year-old German-made roaster capable of roasting around five pounds per batch. He only roasts a few … [Read more...]
Moab Land Grab
Utah and Bruce Babbitt have a history. In the 1990s, when he led efforts to designate nearly two million acres of the Grand Staircase Escalante area as a National Monument, folks here hung him in effigy. How foul was THAT vibe? But earlier this winter, Babbitt was among friends. He received a standing ovation before AND after his talk in Salt Lake City. He lambasted … [Read more...]
Moab Dinosaur Hunter
Lin Ottinger has been collecting and selling rocks since he was five. Eighty years later, he is probably the most famous rockhound in the western United States. What Lin doesn’t readily tell those who visit his rock shop in Moab, Utah, is that his contributions to Utah’s archaeology and paleontology rival or surpass the contributions of any nearby university … [Read more...]
Moab Brewery
Numbers 26:3 So on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them and said, "You DABC get thee Moab beers into thy stores!" Well that’s not exactly how it goes, but it’s pretty close. Without a doubt Moab Brewery’s Desert Black Imperial IPA is one of the very best high-point Utah beers. But it’s shameful that it’s so … [Read more...]
Moab Muse(iscian): Sounds from Southern Utah Local Spotlight
There are times in life when words fail. For Scott Ibex, that’s when music speaks the loudest. As an artist with five albums to his credit, and performances at the McPherson Opera House, the Casper Events Center, and the House of Blues in Hollywood, Ibex chose to make Moab, Utah his home after touring nationally for years. Through a desert soundscape, he sought transition to … [Read more...]
Why the World Comes to Moab to Bike
Utah’s canyon country was once viewed, early settlers and explorers, as foreboding and intimidating. It was seen as something to be avoided or tamed. Now that same landscape draws tourists and adventure enthusiasts from all over the world. In the heart of canyon country is Moab, Utah. Moab is in near proximity to two national parks, Arches and Canyonlands, Dead Horse Point … [Read more...]
Abbey’s Road: Southern Utah Environmentalism
The Star Theater in Moab, Utah—Every seat is taken by grey-bearded men with sun-baked skin, dreadlocked hippies in sandals and mountaineers dressed in the latest outdoor wear. It’s a lively crowd. The theater is sold out for the screening of ML Lincoln’s Wrenched, a film about the life of Edward Abbey and the real-life characters who inspired Abbey’s cult classic book The … [Read more...]