Thur. 7/21… (Beaver, UT) Not much going on today so we slept in, had
breakfast, walked Bailey and then took off about 11:00am, and drove to Cache
Valley Cheese,
located just up the street from our campground. We were there looking forward to the
tour. Problem was they gave no tour! We
walked around the store for a bit and sampled some of their cheeses and bought
small chunks of baby swiss and gouda . We took them back to the rig and then headed
out to Shopko, again just up the street.
This is like a Kmart and was really clean. We found some 40% off items and bought a few
things we couldn’t pass up. We came back and went in the rig and when I went
out to empty the trash, the motorhome door wouldn’t open! I had to call Rick over to open it from the
outside. I took the inside latch apart and found a broken link clip. Good luck finding that! Rick and I went to Napa Auto and guess what!
I found some! I was able to get it all put back together and spray lubed so it
actually works better now. Plus I have
extras just in case! Lydia had fixed a pasta salad
earlier this morning and I cooked cube steaks on the grill and we had steak
sandwiches. Very good and an easy
meal. Later, I walked Bailey, or
actually she walked me, past the goat/chicken pen so she could visit her new
little buddy!
We
settled in and caught up on America ’s
Got Talent except that it started late due to the GOP convention running
long. So we didn’t see the results. We’re hoping they will show it again on
Friday. Tomorrow we leave for the next stop!
Fri. 7/22… (Virgin, UT) This
morning we had another really short drive so we
decided to go to breakfast first. The
park owner recommended El Bambi’s as the best so we headed there around 8:30am. The food was really good and we were glad we
went. After that we broke camp and drove
the 109 miles to Zion River Resort RV Park (tl$60x3) in Virgin, UT.
Now
this park is nice! Not worth the high
rates they charge but close. We are here
for three days. We had stayed in this
area back in 2002 when we went to the St
Paul national square dance convention. Our plans are
to go out tomorrow to Bryce and then to Zion
on Sunday. So today we gathered up info and planned for those day trips. We have to be careful because we have the
dogs to consider. Okay – revised plan – our park has a shuttle ($7ea) that will
take us to Zion . But they only drop you off. We have to get info on the tram tour within
the park. We rested awhile and I walked
Bailey and found the Zion
River just a few yards
from the campground (they even had a nice little path), and Bailey wasted no
time. Did I mention it was hot!
Temps topped out today at 106°! I know its hot today at home but we’re over
5,000 ft here so I expected it to be cooler!
Oh well, the water was comfortable and warmer than I expected. Later, Janie had prepared beef stroganoff
which was very tasty. We talked a bit
and then headed back to the river for Bailey and then came back and hit the
pool and spa for us.
We talked about
tomorrow. The shuttle leaves at 9:00am
but the first one back doesn’t leave until 3:00pm. We decided to just drive
there ourselves and leave around 8:30am.
We found out you park and then board the tram which takes you through
the park. You can get off at various
stops for mini hikes or food and drink and whatever. We don’t plan on many hikes so we will leave
early and see what that does for our day.
We think we can get back before the shuttle so that way we won’t be
leaving the dogs at home all day.
Sat. 7/23… (Virgin, UT) We
ate in and left for Zion
about 8:30 as planned. We did the 20 mile drive and enjoyed the scenery very
much. Our national senior park passes
got us in for free (yaay!). We drove in and thru the park, going through the
tunnel, which was fun! We continued all
the way to the east entrance and through it!
We realized we missed the visitor center which was the first right after
the west entrance! But we got some great
pictures…
and
saw these bighorn sheep!
We
stopped at the museum, which is the second stop on the tram and easily parked
right across the street and caught one on the way back to stop #1. Good thing.
It was just starting to warm up plus it was Saturday so there was a
crowd there early. The line at the
visitor center was super long and we were already parked and on the tram! We made our way all the way to stop #9 and got
out there for a really short walk down the trail. Most folks were headed back to the visitor
center all the way on the trail. We took some pics
and
then boarded the tram for the ride back to stop #2. By then they were waiting for parking spots.
So we lucked out. We drove back to camp
and kicked back for the afternoon. We decided to go out to dinner but couldn’t
decide whether to stay in the park for their luau chicken or go back to The
Fort for ribs.
We chose the ribs. They were just ok. Not a place I’d go back to. We watched tv and I walked Bailey one last time before we went to bed.
We chose the ribs. They were just ok. Not a place I’d go back to. We watched tv and I walked Bailey one last time before we went to bed.
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