If you plan on coming to the Workshop, Jam and/or Campout, please read the following logistical information.

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Transportation to/from Moab

Dance Space - Moab Arts and Recreation Center

Where to Stay - Campgrounds & Rooms - During the Workshop and Jam

Food - Workshop, Jam and Campout

What to Bring - Workshop, Jam and Campout

First, check out the map (click here for location of Moab, Utah ) if you're not clear on where Moab, Utah is. If you are more than a day's drive from Moab, Utah, then the easiest way to get to Moab is to fly to Salt Lake City, Utah and then take the shuttle [see: Salt Lake City to Moab Shuttle in next paragraph] to Moab, or rent a car and drive, or catch a ride with someone else from Salt Lake City. If you know someone from Boulder or the Denver area that is going, you can fly to Denver and ride with them. Here is a link to Travelocity where you can find good airline deals. Also check the SouthWest website as well. If you are ride sharing with others, please offer and be prepared to help share the cost of gas.

Salt Lake City to Moab Shuttle: Please visit http://www.bighornexpress.com/ for the exact details. What follows could be old: Call 888-655-7433 to book a seat and find out where to meet the shuttle and pay by credit card on the phone. Do so in advance because the shuttle can fill up and they make only one run a day. The shuttle van runs from the Salt Lake City International Airport to Moab. It leaves Salt Lake City at 2pm every day and arrives in Moab around 6:30pm and costs about $58 one way. It also leaves from Moab around 7:30 AM and arrives in Salt Lake City around noon. (Visit website above or call to confirm this information and book a seat.)

Denver to Moab: It is about a 6 hour drive from Denver to Moab. You may be able to car pool if you arrange it in advance (email ). Lots of people that come to the jam live in Boulder, Colorado, which is about 50 minutes from the Denver International Airport (DIA). You can easily get a bus or shuttle from DIA to Boulder to join someone for a carpool for about $10-$25. If you are ride sharing with others, please offer and be prepared to help share the cost of gas.

Grand Junction, Colorado to Moab: If you fly into Grand Junction the best option is to rent a car to get to Moab. It is about a 2.5 hour drive from Grand Junction, Colorado to Moab.

Crescent Junction, Utah to Moab: If you take a bus into Crescent Junction it is about a 40 minute drive. You will have to arrange transportation from there to Moab since there are no commercial transportation options. If someone has to drive from Moab to Crescent Junction just to pick you up, you will be expected to pay a reasonable amount to cover transportation costs.

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Dance Space

For the Workshop and Jam we will dance at the Moab Arts and Recreation Center (MARC). It's located on the northeast corner of 100 North and 100 East in downtown Moab (click here to view the directions to the MARC on a map) . It is one block East from the main road through town, Highway 191. If you can't find it, just ask any local for directions and they should be able to help you.

1) Car camp at the Ken's Lake Campground - FREE (price included with the events) - and you'll either need a car or get a ride (it's about a 15-20 minute drive) to get to the MARC. This is where we've camped for many years. No showers or drinking water. Just camping spots with picnic tables, fire ring and pit toilettes nearby. There's a clear creek, waterfall and lake nearby. The exact campsite will not be known until you arrive. Check the bulletin Board at the entrance of the campground, or dive the loop (there's only one long loop) and look for CI signs. If you arrive the night before the Workshop begins you are on your own for camping. Note that Ken's Lake is usually full the night before the Workshop starts. If you are ride sharing with others, please offer and be prepared to help share the cost of gas.

Each year dancers comment that it's really beautiful to see the stars before bed and then wake up to the sunshine, birds and soft breeze. Then take a short hike, run, lounge on a boulder and eat breakfast gazing at a post-card view of red-rock cliffs and the desert in bloom. There's a creek and a lake near the campground and we often splash and swim in each. Click here for a map and directions to Ken's Lake Campground from the MARC.

Showers are available for a couple of dollars at the Lazy Lizard Hostel. It's easy to stop on the way into town for a shower before arriving at the MARC. At the Moab Visitors Center (see map) you can pick up a complete list of places with showers and their cost.

2) New! Stay at Up the Creek Campground - just a 5 block walk (takes about 15 to 20 minutes - depending upon your stride) to the MARC. Please visit their website at: http://www.moabupthecreek.com/index.html. This 20 SITE campground has showers and is walking distance to everything in Moab. It's not as much of an "outdoors" experience as Ken's lake, but it's very pleasant for being right "in" town - check out the website for pictures. You will be responsible for your own reservations and will have to pay extra. The cost is $10 to $15 per night - tents only. See the website for details. FILLS UP FAST. BOOK IMMEDIATELY IF YOU WANT A SPACE. COORDINATE WITH OTHERS IF YOU WANT TO SAVE BY SHARING A SITE.

3) Room Accommodations in Moab - If you want to stay in a room, the cheapest place is listed below at the Lazy Lizard Hostel. Moab also has lots of hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts and condos for rent. The spring is a very popular time to be in Moab so book your room early if possible. Call the Moab Tourism office at 800-635-6622 or visit The Moab Information Site.

The Lazy Lizard Hostel is about 1 mile from the MARC. Call 435-259-6057 or Lazy Lizard Hostel.

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Food

For the Workshop and Jam: The group will have access to the full kitchen at the MARC. You will be able to keep food in the refrigerator and prepare your food in the kitchen. There is a nice organic grocery store just one block away from the MARC. Also, there are over a dozen restaurants just a 5 to 15 minute walk from the MARC.

For the Workshop: You will be responsible for your own meals. We will be fixing and eating our lunch and dinner at the MARC. Note that for the WORKSHOP, WEX will provide a lovely group dinner for all workshop participants on Sunday evening.

For the Jam: Dinner Thursday, Friday and Sunday will be a "bring your own food and share if you wish quasi-pot-luck social encounter". Saturday the dinner is provided by the Jam and work exchange will fix it for everyone. Also for the Jam, there will be drink and snack food provided at the dance space. Please let Todd know if you have any special food requirements, like no sugar, no meat, no dairy, no rocks, no wheat, etc. Please bring your own breakfast and lunches.

For the camp-out: Everyone is responsible for their own food and cooking gear. When we go out hiking we usually fixed and bring our own lunch, snacks and LOTS of water. When we are at camp, we often pool our food and fix our meals in large or small groups.

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What to Bring

For the Workshop and Jam: We will be camping near town. Besides your dance clothes, musical instruments and other travel necessities, please bring a tent, sleeping bag, sleeping pad, warm clothing for the cold nights, cool clothing for the warm days, sun screen, a sun hat, hiking foot wear, flashlight and plenty of water. Sandals or shoes to wear in the water (Tevas, Chacos, etc.) are really nice to have since we often spend a lot of time wading and swimming in the water.

Special note to those flying in: In order to pack light, you may wish to leave your tent. There is usually plenty of extra tent space and you can join someone else. Also, Todd can bring an extra tent or two, but be sure to let him know if you think you will need to use one of his tents.

If you have not camped in the desert before and/or need to borrow some camping equipment, please give Todd Paulsmeyer a call if you'd like some ideas of what to bring - and what not to bring.

Special note to those flying in: In order to pack light, you may wish to leave your stove and cooking gear and just bring the essential utensils. We are social bunch and you should not have any trouble finding someone to buddy up with for cooking - especially if you like to help provide food and wash dishes!

A note about keeping warm and cool: The desert is a land of vast extremes. It gets hot in the desert in the daytime and it gets cold at night. The days may be in the 70's, 80's or 90's and the nights can drop down into the 50's or 40's(Fahrenheit), depending upon which direction the weather comes from. Northerly winds can bring cold and southerly winds can bring hot. The temperature difference between 3pm and 3am is often 35 to 45 degrees (Fahrenheit), which means it can quickly feel darn cold once our sun goes down.

Once in awhile it rains, typically lasting 10 to 30 minutes and usually followed by the sun in an hour or two. When it does rain, it's usually short and heavy thunderstorms which can be suddenly cold and bring hail. Be sure to bring rain gear, a warm hat and a pair of gloves. Your sleeping bag should keep you warm down to freezing temperatures.

For staying cool in hot weather consider bringing a shade hat, bandanna and long sleeve lightweight cotton shirt. All can be soaked in water (or your own sweat) for a nice cooling effect.

For staying warm in cold weather consider bringing a waterproof jacket, synthetic jacket/sweater, knit hat and gloves. And again, your sleeping bag should keep you warm down to freezing.

A note about water: If you only attend the Workshop and Jam, you can get water in town each day and only need one large water container (about 1 gallon) and a personal water bottle (about 1 quart) . If you go on the camp-out, you need to be able to carry at least two quarts of water in your back pack and you need about 1.5 gallons of water per day per person for drinking and cooking. The nearest place to fill water bottles is a short drive (20 minutes) away from camp. If you can, bring several large multiple gallon refillable water containers. Otherwise, you can purchase several gallon water containers from the large grocery store in Moab. [FYI: Screw top 1 gallon containers are much easier to refill (and usually cheaper) than the two gallon containers with spouts at the bottom.]

A note about the desert environment: Our camp area is true backcountry camping with no established camp sites. It's important to pitch your tent and park your car in a place that will do no harm to the environment. Please try to pitch your tent on either sandy soil or on the rocks. If you've never camped in the desert before or don't know about cryptogamic soil, ask someone with some experience about how to play in the desert without damaging the fragile ecosystem before you pitch your tent.

Our motto is, "Take only pictures and leave only foot prints". Also, we will leave the camp area cleaner than when we found it by removing any and all trash we find, whether it is ours or not.

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For more information or contact Gretchen: (303) 545-9956 or Todd: (801) 467-8064

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