First time going to moab, but no truck or bike :( worth going?

So I'm flying out to Salt Lake for a wedding next week and some family want to go out to Moab for a few days. Moab is on my bucket list do with with the truck and also to do by motorcycle.... but I wont have either this time around. Is it worth going as a... pedestrian? They are asking me if I want to go. Super conflicted.

 

Rent a Jeep:
https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Jeep+Rentals&find_loc=Moab,+UT

 

Yes if you can appreciate spectacular scenery from the road. No if you won't be happy without getting tires dirty.

 

Just hit up the local wal-mart buy some camping gear and GET LOST

 

There's no WalMart in Moab lol. Couple of grocery stores is about it. But yeah.

 

AHH, one of those grocery stores should sell some gear OR you should order some gear on Amazon! have a shipped out there!

 

Lots of outfitters there. Just no WalMart. I'm with you. If being a pedestrian means doing some hiking, be a pedestrian. Lots of great hiking trails.

Edit: take a good pair of boots and a hydrapak. It's going to be hot.

 

Gonna be triple digits so prepare for that!! Just chill at pool in hotel and find some brides maidz!!

 

I think I found something I'm into
https://www.highpointhummer.com/hummer-tours/

 

There are several National Parks in Utah that are bucket list worthy. You don’t have to go to Moab.

 

Do you guys think it will be miserably hot to do this like next week?

 

Yep

 

Chances are...



But it's a dry heat.

 

So the catch is we are with one of my wife's family members who has COPD so we are pretty much limited to some mechanized tour or simple on-road scenic driving. What would you recommend within driving distance of salt lake?

 

I rented a Rzr 1000 turbo for a week and I almost died several times, would do it again.

 

I was about to recommend the same thing. We were out there on a trip last fall hitting abunch of national parks with my mom (Zion, Bryce, Capital Reef, Arches, and Canyonlands). By the time we got to Moab at the end of the trip we were getting alittle burnt out of playing tourist in the parks so we rented a side by side.

We had a BLAST playing around Fins and Things and Hells Revenge. I'll probably get torn apart on here for saying this but honestly you'll have way more fun with the side by side than you would with your truck. You can just rally your way through stuff that's 1mph crawling territory in a Jeep or Truck. Most annoying part of the day was getting around all the slow ass Jeeps.

EDIT: Forgot to mention that all the rental side by sides out there are plated so you can just drive them to and from town and the trails which makes it super easy.

 

Fins n things was probably my favorite just because of the whoops/sand. I hauled ass

 

Also takes the stress off you knowing you aren't gonna total your ride and likely your daily.

 

My mom won the hauling a** award for the day on Fins and Things. She hopped in the drivers seat and I'm pretty sure the pedal was to the floor the whole time.

Forgot to mention that part too. With a rental you can drive it like you stole it! Plus its fun with the rental cause you can take more turns driving than you necessarily would with you own rig (I know I don't let other ppl wheel my truck)