Many consider southeast Utah as a less of a destination and more of a place you have to drive through to get to where you really want to go. Virtually treeless, this barren landscape is little more than rocks and shrubbery. It is one of these rocks, however, that has drawn a lot of attention. Out in Moab, Utah someone put a hole in a rock; a rather big hole in fact. Initially this area was home to migrant miner families who often camped out under the stars. One of these miners decided to make his family a little more comfortable by carving out a small area of the red sandstone for a more stable shelter. What makes it interesting is that the carving did not stop for over two decades. When Albert and Gladys Christensen were done with the place, over 50,000 cubic feet of stone was excavated leaving a 5,000 square foot, 14 room house smack dab in the middle of a mini mountain. Welcome my friends to “Hole N” The Rock”!
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