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 much traffic over the holiday weekend, the Utah Highway Patrol has taken to shutting down the entrance to Arches National Park. My family, friends and I have gone to Moab nine of the last 10 Memorial Day weekends. While the town and its surrounding amenities are getting more crowded, Moab — like the nearby river — remains navigable.