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Monday, June 8, 2026

Grand Junction → Arches at sunrise, then into Moab

Up before dawn at the Grand Junction charger, the 110-mile tow west to a sunrise at the Windows, the famous arches all day, then unhitch at Sun Outdoors for our one Moab night.

  • 136.4 miles
  • ~3.5 towing + Arches local drive hours
  • Grand Junction RAN (dawn top-off) first charge
  • Sun Outdoors Moab Downtown tonight

Weather: High-desert June, hot afternoons (95+), cool overnight; hike at dawn or after 5 PM, carry water.

Sunrise glowing gold through North Window, the giant arch framing the dawn sky in Arches National Park
Day 26 The whole reason for the dark drive, sunrise burning gold through North Window.

The day, by the numbers

  1. Miles driven136.4mi
  2. Towing efficiency1.25mi / kWh136.4 mi · 109 kWh
  3. Energy109kWh used · 115 kWh charged across 2 sessions
  4. Peak charge rate8kW
  5. Wind18mph SWMostly headwind
  6. Temperature90°F73 – 90°F range
  7. Peak elevation5,118ft↑ 6,990 ft↓ 7,570 ft
  8. Avg speed54mph · 2.5 hr moving
Photographs

Day 26 in pictures

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Stops, in order

The day

  1. start

    Grand Junction RAN, dawn departure

    Power-napped overnight at the charger, splashed the pack to nearly full at 2:31 AM, and rolled out before first light to make the Windows for sunrise.

    Segment data Map 39.0639, -108.5506

  2. must do

    Arches NP, North Window (sunrise)

    Headwind on this leg 18 mph from the SW Climbs this leg +600 ft

    After the 110 mi dawn tow from Grand Junction, out to North Window for sunrise, the big spans framed against the early light before the heat and the crowds.

    Segment data Map Official site 38.6870, -109.5340

  3. photo

    Arches NP, Double Arch

    A short walk from the Windows lot. Two giant spans off one foundation, the Indiana Jones arch.

    Map 38.6915, -109.5407

  4. photo

    Arches NP, Balanced Rock

    0.3-mi loop. The classic Utah postcard.

    Map 38.7012, -109.5644

  5. photo

    Arches NP, Park Avenue Viewpoint

    Vertical walls near the visitor center, best in the morning or late light.

    Map 38.6122, -109.5942

  6. navigation

    Sun Outdoors Moab Downtown, check in

    Drop into town mid-day, level the Airstream, plug into 50A, and ride out the worst of the afternoon heat.

    Map 38.5760, -109.5546

  7. must do

    Arches NP, Delicate Arch Trail (sunset)

    Tailwind on this leg 18 mph from the SW Climbs this leg +800 ft

    3-mi round-trip, +480 ft, truck-only after dropping the trailer. Water + a headlamp. Delicate Arch at sunset is the whole reason you come to Utah.

    Map Official site 38.7436, -109.4992

  8. sleep

    Sun Outdoors Moab Downtown, night

    Headwind on this leg 18 mph from the SW Descends this leg −800 ft

    Late dinner on Main Street, early start for Canyonlands tomorrow.

    Map 38.5760, -109.5546

The white Rivian R1T towing the polished Airstream pulled over on a dark desert highway before dawn, red marker lights glowing along the trailer
Day 26 The 2:31 AM top-off done, towing west into Utah in the dark to make the Windows for sunrise.

Towing segments this day

The charge-to-charge data, leg by leg.

Every towing leg logged today off the Rivian dashboard, with its elevation profile. Open one for the full per-segment data: efficiency, energy, grade, wind, temperature, and battery state of charge.

San Diego Home DAY 26
Charging plan

Where the electrons come from

  • RAN charge Rivian Adventure Network

    Grand Junction RAN (dawn top-off)

    Topped the pack to nearly 100 percent at 2:31 AM after an overnight power nap at the charger (10 kWh, free), full range for the 110 mi tow to Arches.

  • Campground 50A (full hookups)

    Sun Outdoors Moab Downtown (50A)

    Recharge the rig on the campground 50A. No RAN in Moab, so the campground hookup is the towing-day charge.

  • Tesla

    Moab Supercharger (paid backup)

    Truck-only top-up in town if the 50A underperforms before the Canyonlands + Torrey run tomorrow.

Detailed charging data

4 receipts, app screens, pedestal displays, and Rivian dashboard readouts. Click through with the arrows; tap the tile to view full size.

Trip A 5,177.0 mi at the Windows, the running total since San Diego after the dawn tow into Arches.
Trip B 118.3 mi at 1.09 mi/kWh, the Grand Junction to Windows tow leg, the trip's thirstiest towing.
The day's final odometer at Sun Outdoors Moab, Trip A 5,195.1 mi and 3,971 kWh since San Diego.
Trip B 18.1 mi, the downhill run off the Arches plateau into Moab, almost free on regen.
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Next on the trip

Day 27, Moab to Capitol Reef, by way of Mesa Arch

Left Moab at 10:30 AM for the Mesa Arch detour in Canyonlands, then west past the Capitol Reef petroglyphs to a full-hookup night at Thousand Lakes RV Park in Torrey.

215.7 mi · ~4 to Capitol Reef, more if we push to Beaver · return-leg
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