The White Rim is in Canyonlands National Park and is 70 miles of off-road travel with another 40 miles to get to the starting point. Therefore the best way to enjoy it is to tent camp in one of the remote campsites within making it into a two or even three-day trip that can be enjoyed at a leisurely pace.
Reservations are typically needed at least six months in advance. We were fortunate to get a reservation only four months before we planned to visit. It was a site near the beginning which would make our second day a very long one. By calling the morning before our trip, we were lucky to find that there had been a cancellation for a site at Murphy Camp. Now our night on the rim would be at the halfway point.
The raven was here to greet us at the beginning of the trail.
The raven was here to greet us at the beginning of the trail. 
Lathrop Canyon was the first side trip which took us down to the Colorado River. The park is divided into three different and distinct districts by the Colorado and Green Rivers.
Unique layering....
and different layers
The Washerwoman
Standing rocks
Monument Basin
Many, many steep climbs and descents. This was not so rocky as most of them were.
Our Murphy campsite was phenomenal. Private, quiet, beautiful and remote. Two other sites were in the general area but out of sight and sound. The nearest other campers were probably at least 30 miles away. Our little piece of Heaven.
This rock separated our tent site from our parking area.
Morning light
with beauty in every direction.
Of course a false step in the dark....and over the edge you go.
On the road again.
The white for which the White Rim was named.
One of two vultures
Awesome variety around every turn
The final descent took us near the banks of the Green River where grasses were abundant.
The final sidetrip was to see Moses.
More colorful layers
After White Rim departure we returned to Moab by way of Long Canyon where there were views of the snow-covered peaks of the La Sal Mountains.
Imagine the thud.
Jug Handle Arch was at the junction of the trail and the paved road to Moab. What a memorable two days.
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