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Moab Happenings • June 2010 • 3A PARK HAPPENINGS MOAB HAPPENINGS Volume 22 Number 3 FREE COPY JUNE 2010 Table Of Contents Art Walk 8A Astrology 19A Events Calendar 4-5A Health: Body, Mind, Spirit 7B Hiking 6B Lodging Guide 8-9B Mileage Chart 2B Moab City Map 12B Mtn Biking 14-15A Nature 6A Non-Profit Happenings 14B Restaurant Guide 9-12A Scenic Road 11B Shopping Guide 4-5B Sky Happenings 17A Southeast Utah Map 16A Trail Mix 3B Moonshadows in Moab Canyonlands PRCA Rodeo June 26, 27 June 3, 4, 5 F==<IM8C@;=FI(=I<<:FCC<:KFIJLK8?G?FKF8C9LDD8;<=IFDI<8CC@:<EJ< GC8K<D8K<I@8CJ%?FC;J-'+O-ÉGI@EKJ %F==<ID8PEFK9<:FD9@E<;N@K?FK?<I www.moabhappenings.com F==<IJ%C@D@KFE<G<IG8IKP%8;DLJK9<GI<J<EK<;8KK?<K@D<F=9FFB@E>% 2A • June 2010 • Moab Happenings www.moabhappenings.com MOAB HAPPENINGS MOAB #* $#$ ((%$ ## ) ! )!%)*#+%$#$#$# © Alert 9-1-1 -Dispatch T 9- )*#+ )* ER 1- L 1 HAPPENINGS emergency responders A GPS l ,, ,, && to your location. - Rental99 a CK Check in -Let contacts HE IN $$ . C $14. 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Box 698 • Moab, Utah 84532 (435) 259 - 8431 • FAX (435) 259-2418 # # # e-mail: [email protected] www.moabhappenings.com Sony • Panasonic • Canon • Nikon • Olympus • Toshiba • JVC HIGHHI QUALITY COLOR COPIES! LOW, EVERYDAY PRICES! FAX Services • Internet Access 375 S. Main (corner of Grand & Main) Moab, Utah 84532 435-259-8431 • Fax 435-259-2418 OPEN MONDAY - FRIDAY 8AM TO 6PM • SATURDAY 9AM TO 5PM Located at Canyonlands Airport NEW UNITS from fuel efficient COMPACT CARS to 4-WHEEL SUV’S & PICK-UP TRUCKS. Pick up and drop off customers in town with no additional fee. 435-259-8505 Ask about locals discount www.enterprise.com www.moabhappenings.com Moab Happenings • June 2010 • 3A PARK HAPPENINGS Children’s Activities at Dead Horse Point State Park by Kim Clawson If you are planning a visit to Dead Horse Point State book while children ages 10-12 must complete at least six Park with the family, check out some of our many activities activities. Both age groups also must either pick up litter or for children! As you enter the visitor center, ask the ranger attend a ranger-led program. These programs include a day at the front desk for information about the junior ranger program held at the main overlook or an evening program program. This program is geared towards children ages held at the visitor center. Activities inside the book include 6 to 12, but anyone is welcome to participate. Children animal track matching, word scrambles, word searches and ages 5-9 must complete at least three activities inside the a landscape match to learn the difference between a mesa, butte, canyon and column. There is a discovery zone for children inside visitor center museum. Many books about local wildlife or the environment are available, as are activity sheets, local rocks and fossils, animal fur and footprints, puzzles, games and beanbags. Park staff does ask that parents supervise their children while in the museum and during ranger-led programs. For adventurous children, the park’s new Intrepid talks about the plants of the Colorado Plateau. There is a Mountain Bike Trail System includes two short, family- mile-long (round-trip) hike to a concentration of potholes friendly loops. The first loop, the Intrepid Loop, is a mile just north of the visitor center. After a recent rainstorm, long and is rated as easy and beginner. The four-mile loop, hike to these potholes to see fairy shrimp, tadpole shrimp, the Great Pyramid Loop, is 4.2 miles long and is a little spadefoot toad tadpoles and more! more challenging. Ask at the visitor center for information about the Dead Horse Point State Park has many hiking trails that park’s geocache and that day’s programming. Contact the are suitable for children. The nature trail near the visitor park by calling (435) 259-2614 or by visiting the website at center is ¼ mile long and has an accompanying guide that www.stateparks.utah.gov. ! " # # # % # # # !"!###$$!!## PS Q P Q Q # $ $%& '(# + $ (#)*)#++ $%& '(# '++),,)-*, '++)#)1-,- (#)*)1-,- ! !) # # !" # # # !$ !" # #%$ &'!"(% # #% ./ 0 . 2/. 4A • Moab Happenings • June 2010 www.moabhappenings.com MOAB AREA EVENTS CALENDAR June 2010 0 5 40 & 6 7& " ! 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