Monday, May 26, 2008

We left Moab Utah at 9:45 am (GA Time). We thought we might have a bit of trouble getting out of our site because of the tightness in the area, but Frank... being the great driver he is... had no problem. Campers had trashed and stolen toilet paper from the bath house... so sad they don't appreciate the facilities.


The drive to Torrey Utah was beautiful. We still had gust of winds 30-40 mph. We stopped a couple of places along the way to stretch our legs and take pictures.


We arrived at Sand Creek Campground 1:55 pm (GA time). The Elevation is 6,880 feet.


Frank found we couldn't fit well into one site with our slide out. In the loop he chose to turn about in the vent cover got knocked off the trailer by a tree limb. All in all I think we've done pretty good about not making stupid mistakes. There are not a lot of sites in the campground... I think twelve and a couple of cabins. It is a nice clean campground. The sites are closer than we like.. but we take what comes out way.


Before we got set up our neighbors in a Bounder motor home greeted us. They are from Georgia too... I think around Marietta. They are full-time rvers. Their address is listed as South Dakota. Their names are Jane and Leyman Williams. Very friendly and nice.... I think Frank and Leyman could have a story telling contest :-D


They told us about Passport America and the discounts they get with it. They loaned us their guidebook so we could look it over and see if it would be worth while getting.


After a while we got set up and we ate meatloaf and some canned whole green beans and sliced potatoes drained and mixed together with a bit of Smart Balance and seasoned pepper. It was pretty good... just needed a biscuit... even one of those you buy in the freezer section would be good.


After dinner we got gas for $4.69 a gallon. One of the Frenchman in a rental rv motor home was trying to convey to the gas station attendant that he needed LP gas. Frank helped the attendant understand what the man wanted. Frank got a Merci for that. The French we've encountered have been polite.


Then we went into the visitors center across the road. A screw came out of one of the cornice boards (best name I can think for it) and Frank asked the attendant if their was a hardware store around that might sell plastic anchors. The attendant said the nearest hardware store was 15 miles away and he then went into the back room and brought out a plastic box with odd & ends in it... he told Frank he could have the anchors and screws. The attendant was from Florida... I've forgotten which town now. He said he thought he was getting away from the wind... didn't happen.


Then we dropped by the Capitol Reef National Park's visitors center. We had not found a birthday card for David, but found a note card in the gift shop that we could send him.


We took a look at the campground there and it is nice. There are spaces our trailer would fit in. The night was to be cold and heat was a necessity for these two old fogies. No electricity or running water at campsites there. We saw a herd of deer in the campground and took pictures.


We then took the ten mile scenic drive. It was a beautiful drive. A little tight in some places when vehicles met. We met a rental RV motor home (we've probably seen a few hundred...ehh maybe thousands on this trip and most have French families in them) Frank had to back up to let him by. On this drive we saw a critter along side the road and thought it was a ground squirrel... I might have possibly caught a glimpse of it on the camcorder. It is possible it was a marmot. We got such a brief look at it... when we stopped the truck and got out to look it disappeared.


After our lovely day we came home and got our showers and then ate some chicken noodle soup and a sandwich.


We then took our neighbors the book they loaned us and were invited in. We had an enjoyable visit with Leyman and Jane. We were fed a delicious pound cake. Jane had made some biscuits for their supper and we drooled just looking at them :-D It was after 9 pm mountain time before we left them. Then it was to bed and I awakened around 1:30 (Mountain time) hunting the quilt. I threw it over Frank's legs and later on he had it pulled up over his head.