Moab Museum of Film and Western Heritage

Red Cliffs Lodge in Moab, Utah hosts this great museum I visited a year ago with my family. My profile picture was shot inside the museum. It was great to see all kinds of movie memorabilia and to see the beautiful landscape around the lodge, inside canyon walls and right beside the magnificent Colorado River. There was a corral, so it was just like visiting a dude ranch. We'd made previous arrangements and weren't even lodging there, but the staff kindly let us visit and we even had tea there. Visit http://www.redcliffslodge.com/ for more info. A stay there would be great for Western lovers, equestrians, paddlers and kayakers. My souvenir brochure says "Over 120 movies, and hundreds more TV series, specials, and commercials have been filmed in the Moab-Monument Valley area."

Nine big Western films were filmed on the lodge location. Inside the museum, it was interesting to learn about sets and filming.

Our family went to Moab to visit Arches National Park nearby, which is home to so much natural beauty - all kinds of rock formations carved by time, and wide-open panoramic landscapes. We learned about the museum along the way and it became one of the highlights of the trip. We also thoroughly enjoyed exploring Canyonlands National Park and Dead Horse Point. In Canyonlands, we were just 100 yards away from a lightning strike - which added to all the excitement of being immersed in the wild.