Following the tour of Monument Valley we made our way to “Mormon Country” or by it’s more common name: Utah.  Now, I’ve been a big fan of the HBO show Big Love for awhile now, and though I realize it is not necessarily a fair or accurate representation of the Mormon faith I still really wanted to see polygamists in action.  Or at least all dressed up in their funny garb.  And yes, I know Mormonism and polygamy are not synonymous! Anyway, our first stop in Utah was Moab and from what I was told Moab would be the last place I’d see a polygamist… considering it was a place of sin and all in the Bible.  Moab is the gateway to a number of national parks, two of which we visited: Arches National Park and Canyonlands.  Before that though, we went on one hell of a hummer ride:

Moab Hummer Tour

When I was told we were going on a “Hummer Tour”, I thought okay great… we are going to see some more wonderful landscapes in some big ass truck thingy that burns up gas like it’s nobody’s business.  When we got in and started driving towards “Hell’s Revenge” the guide started telling us how this was a military grade humvee and had seen action in Iraq #1 and blah blah blah.  I really don’t care about cars, at all.  Well, let me tell you something. I have a new appreciation for superbly made vehicles I’ll tell you what. Upon entering “Hell’s Revenge”, we veered left and drove on about an 80 degree angle up a narrow rock ledge which dropped off dramatically on either side.  I think I eked out a yelp or something and grabbed on for dear life. Cher was definitely letting it all out.

Most of the tour was like this… going either up or down steep rock ledges (both forwards AND backwards!) and then stopping at points that overlooked Moab or the amazingly rugged, barren terrain we were covering.  Though at first I was weary of the tour guide, he turned out to be amazingly knowledgeable of the area and an all around decent dude.   He claimed to be not only the former sheriff of Moab but also an ex rodeo guy AND an ex “Marlboro Man”.

Can you believe?  Anyway, he rocked. Awesome tour. Here’s another video of something that happened to someone else in Hell’s Revenge.