Hole n' the Rock & Moab Museum of Film and Western Heritage

We visited the attraction Hole N' The Rock that is located 12 miles south of Moab. Basically, this is a 5,000 square home and gift shop built into solid sandstone rock by Albert and Gladys Christensen. There are 14 rooms separated by large pillars inside where the temperature stays a constant 69 to 72 degrees year round. Unfortunately, they wouldn't let us take interior pictures so if you would like to see more about this attraction, click here.

Albert died in 1957 and even though he had evacuated 50,000 feet of sandstone from the rock, the house was not finished. Gladys continued on with Albert's dream and wishes to develop the home for all to see. When Gladys passed away in 1974, she was laid to rest next to Albert in a simple rock alcove on the property. In 2000, the son sold the property to an investment company who now runs the attraction.

The grounds are rather eclectic as the following pictures will show:

Large lizard welcomes you

Hillbilly Lawn Mower

Old heavy duty tow truck

Golfer made out of nothing but golf club parts.

Jail House Rock

Large metal bull

Rick in front of a modified Jeep

Cottonwood trees in color in front of the red rock

After stopping for lunch in Moab, we then headed off to the beautiful Red Cliff Lodge. The Red Cliff Lodge sits alongside the Colorado River in a beautiful valley of nothing but red rocks. The Red Cliff Lodge is also a working ranch and houses the Moab Museum of Film and Western Heritage. Since the late 40's, the Moab area has been the site of filming for many westerns, TV shows, movies, and commercials. The museum was free (a nice thing) and was interesting to learns about the movies that have been filmed in the area.

Here is a nice shot of the Colorado River as we head back towards Moab. We saw some rafters and kayakers enjoying themselves on this beautiful day on the river.

We made a trip to the drug store and market later in the afternoon. Moab sure gets busy on the weekends! John and I took the evening to do some reading. Y was feeling a bit under the weather so we passed on playing cards this evening in hopes that she will feel better tomorrow.