Cameron, AZ & the Grand Canyon

Thursday we traveled to Cameron, AZ through the Utah mountains. here's a picture of our RV then Dave & Trish's and Bills. Clayton & Pat are in the row behind us. We are in the desert across from the Cameron Trading Post; this is as close to the grand Canyon as we can get. This is one of the bridges we crossed getting here. We had a good supper at the Trading Post this evening. Trish has been under the weather since our dining out a couple days ago and is slowly getting better.

We spent Friday with Clayton & Pat at the Grand Canyon. We did bump into Dave, Trish &Bill there too. We started at 10am and returned home about 9pm. We passed all the Navajo jewelry & pottery places without stopping, and there are LOTS of these cobbled together wooden displays along the way. We took the parks bus along the canyon rim and stopped at many of the vantage points & had a nice lunch in one of the restaurants in the park. It was busy but I can't imagine how crowded it will be in the summer.

We spent Friday at the Grand Canyon.

A little rest in Hurricane before leaving Utah

Here's a pic of Clayton's motorhome at the St George CG. We got together with a few more HitchHiker friends in the area for lunch one afternoon. We also went with Clayton & Pat to the Hurricane Museum to see the 107 year old fruit cake. The first 2 layers were eaten a century ago, it must have been pretty bad as the top 2 layers have never been eaten. Out time in Utah is coming to an end.

Zion NP then R&R time

Sunday we went with Clayton & Pat to Zion National Park. It was only 25 miles from the CG & a pretty ride. We took the park bus through the park & got off for a couple of the short hikes to see some of the attractions. After the bus ride through the canyon we drove the public road through the rest of the park and it's mile long tunnel. We stopped for a late lunch then turned around. On the way back Clayton spotted the one animal Judy has been looking for the last 2 years....long horn sheep and two of them posed for a picture. Now she will have to seek out a new animal to look for.

Monday was pretty much an R&R day except for a tire on Clayton's motorhome. One front tire had a sidewall bubble so he put the spare tire on and we drove into St George to a Goodyear dealer for a new tire. After that we relaxed, Dave & Trish were gone all day, they drove to Bryce Canyon to explore. Pat & Judy made a great pork roast with taters, carrots & onions for supper. At dusk Patches snuck out the door and it took us several minutes to herd her back into the fifth wheel.

Kolob Canyon Zion NP, Red Rock Canyon & Bryce Canyon NP

We had a marathon day sightseeing! We left about 11am & returned at 9pm. We first toured Kolob Canyon which is at the north end of Zion (NP) National Park. From there we went through a state park, Red Rock Canyon on our way to Bryce NP. It was a 250 mile day, we returned home the same way we first went as there are limited roads around here, lots of mountains ya know. We saw LOTS of rocks, many of them red. When we went through Red Rock Canyon we were up in the snow, the temperature was down to 31 and returning home through Red Rock in the evening it snowed on us. Judy got to make a small snowman. We saw on animal, an antelope who paid no attention to us.

Hurricane, UT Clayton & Pat arrive

The wind died down some Thursday so we packed up and pulled out at 9am. It was still a pretty windy day but we arrived at St George RV Park in Hurricane, UT at 1pm. This isn't the newest of parks or very level or roomy but it is pretty tucked in the mountains. That's Dave peeking at us from under his HH, they arrived an hour or two after us. On Friday we drove into Hurricane so Judy could go to Curves and we got to check the area out. On the other side of the hill behind us is Quail Lake which we had to pass coming into the park and going to Hurricane. It's a local recreation area. I have been impressed with the beauty of this area. It has snow capped peaks, multicolored mountains, brown desert, green grassy valleys, green trees, cows, horses and water. Utah has impressed me in 2 days.

Late Friday afternoon Clayton & Pat arrived and set up home next to us. We (including Trish, Dave & Bill) all had a great time during happy hour while Clayton was setting up. Judy made supper and we played cards with Clayton & Pat until it was bedtime. Life is good.

Still in Pahrump...too windy to travel

We were leaving Tuesday but the winds were really acting up so we stayed in Pahrump two more nights, tomorrow we'll head for Hurricane, UT. I've been doing some minor maintenance while Judy has been going to Curves and exercising in the pool with Trish. I've also been doing lots of nothing. Patches has been spending some time outside & she really enjoys it. We have been going out to eat and enjoying lots of visiting with Dave & Trish. As you can see many of the cactus are blooming, these are in the RV park main driveway. This evening Dave & I went to a Chamber of Commerce meeting at Sheri's Ranch Brothel, really. There was a young police officer killed in a domestic violence shooting at Terrible's Casino (the shooter was also killed) Monday & there was a fund raising event sponsored by the Chamber held in the ladies living room. One of the more enjoyable meetings Dave & I have attended. The young ladies were working during the fund raiser.