Wednesday, May 28, 2008

We left Torrey Utah at 10:00 am (GA Time). We enjoyed our trip on highway 12. Some pretty scenery along the way. We stopped and took a few pictures. I aggrevated another lizard at one of the overlooks. The Ponderosa Pines are beautiful. The highest elevation point was 9600 feet.


We arrived at Ruby's Inn RV Park at 1:20 pm (Ga Time). We are in campsite # 110. We set up camp and then went over to The Cowboy's Buffet & Steak Restaurant. The buffet was expensive... $11.99. The lady at the campground desk said they had vegetables. The vegetables were mostly in the sald fixings... lettuce, tomatoes, raw broccoli, raw grean peas and raw carrots. They also had slaw and what they call potato salad. There was some rice that had no flavor and canned corn and carrots (we didn't eat the latter two. They had baked beans and a bean salad that would turn your cheeks inside out (sour taste). They had some grapes that tasted pretty good. They had a couple of puddings for dessert, but Frank and I chose chocolate cake and I had a slice of lemon cake too... and they had a chocolate coconut candy that was okay. We were really hoping they had more green varieties of veggies. Some nice turnip or collard greens would have been nice... or even spinach. I guess I am a little bit home sick for Southern Cooking. It was not worth near the price they charged.


We then went into Bryce Canyon National Park. We stopped at the visitor center and then drove through the park. The scenery is pretty... especially the Ponderosa Pines. We took some pictures along the way. The views are nice, but we think that we are about canyoned out.


At one view point there were a couple of Ravens. People have been feeding them... against park rules. We saw an antelope in the park and just outside the park we saw a mule deer cross the road. I looked into the woods where it went and I saw a deer lying down, but I don't think it was the same deer we saw cross the road.


We bought 5 gallons of gas before coming back to camp at $4.99 a gallon. We are hoping it will be a bit cheaper down the road.


Needless to say it has been a very tiring day. No need for soup and sandwiches for supper... we tried our best to get our money's worth at dinner.


We traveled 114 miles today.... a bit slow going on highway 12.