I didn’t see the gorgeous rocks that surround Moab, Utah, when I drove into town on a chilly November evening. My mind was swirling with images of the enormous chasms I had viewed at Canyonlands ...

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In one of the most iconic scenes in movie history, Thelma (Geena Davis) and her best friend, Louise (Susan Sarandon), pursued by the police, drive off the edge of a cliff in Louise’s ’66 Thunderbird, ...

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I spent about 48 hours exploring the area, and it wasn’t enough. If I had the trip to do over again — which took me to Las Vegas and three national parks over nine days — I would add another day in ...

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MOAB, UTAH—Apparently there’s a path guiding the way, but you’d never know it. There’s a cliff somewhere in the distance, too. It plummets hundreds of feet. In this darkness, you wouldn’t know that.

If you’re traveling in Utah for Memorial Day weekend, there’s a good chance you are joining tens of thousands of your closest hiking, biking and rafting buddies on a trip to Moab. The place gets so ...