Monday 8-11 we saw about 20 turkeys on our way to work. It ended up being a pretty slow day, but it was interesting watching 8 rafters prepare for a 9 day river trip, the amount of stuff that they must take is just amazing. They prepped for about 2 hours up top, then headed down to the ramp and probably spent another 3 hours making sure everything was ready. We left about 12:30 and headed into the Rec. Center Lunch counter for something to eat. After that a quick stop to see Nan and drop off the register money and then we headed for home. It was a beautiful day, but we headed up to the laundry area and worked on the puzzle, again. After that Jim came over for a drink and dinner, Burgers, chips and water melon for dessert.
Tuesday was another slow day, but about 9:00 about 50-60 students from the Utah Valley University showed up to do some volunteer work. What a zoo, they were painting the lines in the parking lot,
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| Lola, the biker dog!! |
picking up trash and a lot of them just got to stand around and watch the others work.....a bit crazy, but they did managed to get some things accomplished. Sturgis Bike Week is over, so we have had a lot of bikers stopping in just to take a look at the place, but the one guy really got my attention. He had a very small Chihuahua tucked in his vest, her name is Lola and she has over 25,000 miles racked up from traveling with him. We didn't get out of here until 1:00, headed home for a quick lunch, a little nap, walk for Rudy and more puzzle work. Jim came over for his nightly visit and then he stayed for a spaghetti dinner. It ended up being a bit cool, so we all headed home by 8:00.
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| Part of the Elk Herd |
Wednesday was breakfast on the grill, a quick walk for Rudy then about 10:30 we headed out. First towards the Visitor Center to drop off the recycle, but on the way we did find a black bear, headed towards the one CG. We stopped for a pic and away he ran, they just don't stick around for the photo-ops. We then headed towards Vernal, but at the Cart Creek
Overlook we spied an Elk, then we noticed the herd of 20-30 of them behind a row a pine trees, what magnificent animals. Thank goodness there was very little traffic, since there was no place to pull over, Brad was creeping down the road, trying to find a break in the trees where I could get a picture or two. Back on the road, we were going through the last of the big curves, when 2 mule deer stepped into the middle of the road and played the 'headlight in the eyes' stare with us, having to stop before the one deer moved, what a day for animals. We finally get into town, complete our 7 stops and managed to get home before 4:00, our fastest trip ever. Brad managed a short walk for Rudy, then about 6:00 we all headed to the duplex for a baked potato dinner, with all the toppings, including chili, Brownies and home-made blue berry ice cream for dessert.
Thursday is our work at home day, first the Bedroom blind came down, 2 loads of laundry in and then breakfast on the grill. After that laundry in the dry, check out a couple of switches not working right, boil eggs for tomorrows get together, cleaned all the fruit bought yesterday and made iced tea. Brad and Rudy did an hour long walk, then we paid the taxes and worked on the puzzle. Not a very exciting day, but the stuff needed done. After that we had our nightly get together with Jim, then brauts on the grill. A nice evening so we were all sitting out 'til about 9:00.
Friday we were going to do the museums in town, but the first priority was to get the bedroom blind fixed since our neighbors were coming home Friday. We had breakfast on the grill again, 1 more load of laundry and then the better part of 3 hours to restring the blind, get it back together and hung up again.....ugh. In between that, Brad started cleaning out the outside bins and getting the reorganized again, cleaned out the fire pit and did some bush trimming. We re-leveled the RV, worked on the puzzle, made deviled eggs and a cheesy potato casserole to take to Nan's for dinner tonight. She is the boss of all the volunteers and seasonal foresters, and had a Rib dinner for us all at her home. The meal was great and her and her husband, Troy, were gracious hosts. There were about 20 people at the meal and the Forest Service had a nice gift package for each of the volunteers, including a picture of each at their work place. We stayed until about 9:00, but then headed home as 5:00 AM comes very early.
Saturday was another busy day with over 700 people going down the river. We had a lot of big
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| One of the young Sheep |
groups, with one having about 70 people and we think the youngest of them was about 78 years old. The Dam was having their 50th Anniversary celebration, so between the people launching and the workers from the dam coming down, the cars on the road pretty much non stop all day. It was well after 1:00 when we headed out, and on the way home, the long horned sheep were in the middle of the road. A quick lunch, little nap, walk for Rudy and Brad while I took out the trash and then worked on the puzzle. For dinner we just had burgers and Jim brought over the Watergate salad left over from the night before. It was an early night for us all, we all worked and had were tired from a busy day.
Sunday was a pretty slow day, only about 200 people. but instead of working on the blog, I was trying to plan our trip home. We managed to get out of here right at 1:00, then headed home for our daily routine of lunch and a nap. Some time while we were resting the electric went out, and then
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| An Osprey coming into fish |
never came back on until about 7:00 PM, I managed to call dad, but I couldn't finish the blog at the Visitor Center. Brad and Rudy went for their daily walk while I stayed home and cleaned lettuce and got the salad stuff ready for dinner. When Brad came home, he grilled up some chicken, but Jim didn't have dinner with us, his throat has been bothering him, so he headed home for some scrambled eggs, while we enjoyed a grilled chicken salad. Not much happening this evening, Brad headed to bed about 9:00 and I followed about 10:00.
Not much more to come from Utah,
we will be back on the road September 2.
Diane and Brad
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