2016 Trip -15) Gypsum, CO to Beaver, UT

Sun. 7/17…  (Gypsum, CO) Today was a lazy day.  We hung around the campground and let Bailey run and swim a bit. The river is pretty fast in some places and they have rafters coming down past our campground beach. We also spoke to Rick & Janie.  Seems they lost power late last night. They have already moved once to a site with power but had to move again. They came over to tell me they again have no power.  I’m not sure what is going on but I found the main breaker was tripped.  I reset it and we cycled everything back again.  It’s wait and see for a while.  We watched tv and hiked around the campground with Bailey but like I said - it was a lazy day.  Janie fixed a chicken casserole and peas and carrots and later we drove into Gypsum for ice cream.  There is NOTHING in this town so we went to the grocery store and bought ice cream sandwiches, and then settled in for the night.       

 

Mon. 7/18…  (Green River, UT) Today’s drive was 213 miles so we left about 9:00am. The drive was probably the most scenic to date. Plus getting to Gypsum was all uphill and this drive today was almost all downhill. 

 

 

We made it to A OK RV Park (pa$17, tl$34), in Green River, UT.

 

The park is ok.  They are doing work but they don’t have too many 50 amp sites so far.  Only one was available so we took a 30amp and gave R&J the 50amp site. We are doing dinner tonight so our rig will warm up a bit but no worries. Lydia fixed a ground turkey/noodle casserole which was very good. We got a red flag warning and the winds came up.  Our breaker on the power pole outside tripped once but we know where to look if it happens again.  I walked Bailey and talked to a few neighbors (who are here long term) and then went in to finish watching the Tour de France and then call it a night.    

Tues. 7/19…  (Green River, UT)  This morning we went to find a place for breakfast. We found Tamarisk Restaurant, a fairly new place in town adjacent to a new hotel. The food was ok, not a place I’d go back to though. We drove around the town a bit and checked out the grocery store for later and then went back to the rig to gather up all of the laundry.  No one was in the laundry room so we got a chance to get everything done pretty quickly.  Later, we were watching tv and resting and our power kept going out. We put up with it for a few minutes and then moved to the 50amp site that was vacated earlier this morning.  We had to use the remote satellite dish but at least we now have clean power and can run both airs. Later, Janie fixed lasagna and green beans and garlic bread for dinner and we walked the dogs twice more before settling in and watching America’s Got Talent and then going to bed.  Tomorrow we head out again. 

Wed. 7/20…  (Beaver, UT)  HAPPY ANNIVERSARY RICK & JANIE!  We had 189 miles to drive today.  We left about 10:00am and got back on I70 and headed to I15 and then down to Beaver Camperland (tl$38x2) in Beaver, UT. 

 

 The drive was cool and very picturesque.  We climbed a bit on I70 and Rick got a warning light so we pulled over.  Shutting off and starting again cleared the light but I think he needs to add oil again.  We are lucky – our coach doesn’t use oil.  We stopped again at Walmart in Richfield, UT and got some things we needed for dinners coming up.  The park is ok for a couple of nights but it does have good wifi plus trees for shade but we were lucky and got a satellite signal. No plans for here as of yet except to go to Cache Valley Cheese Factory tomorrow. We have plans to go to Bryce and Zion but the next park is closer so we’ll plan from there.  Janie wanted to go out for their anniversary so we looked up restaurants in the big town of Beaver!  They chose Mexican so we went to Kan Kun Mexican, which was excellent! We got this quick shot of 4 deer at the edge of the campground pool on the way to dinner!  Three males and a doe.  One of the bucks was pretty good size with a nice rack. We walked the park and then sat out for a while and drank some wine with R&J before coming back in to watch a bit of the Republican Convention and then the Tour de France and then calling it a night.