Last night at the museum we had rain off and on throughout the night and very strong winds. Other than that it was a very quiet night. Oh and a few trains but we didn’t mind.
This morning just as we were about to depart another Airstream arrived. Come to find out the couple winter in Florida near us in Dade City. Yes … at Travelers Rest. They know friends of ours and we will see them again in a few weeks at another location. Small world!
The drive today started out pretty cool. Drove on I-80 heading east through the southern portion of the salt flats. Sooo flat! Felt like looking into infinity. Then the rain started and stayed with us until after making it through Salt Lake City. Hopefully it will be good enough to get at least some of the salt off the Airstream but we still need to get the Airstream and truck washed sometime within the next two weeks.
I then continued driving south on I-15 to Highway 6 then to I-70 east to the Moab, Utah exit. Talk about an ever changing landscape! Today was out of this world!! First the salt flats. Then we could see mountains that had been recently dusted in snow. We drove through a portion of beautiful trees that have begun changing colors. Then we went through more earthy grayish-green sage and into the dry desert. Now we are in the area considered canyon country. The humidity is so low here that our thermometer was reading LL and has now gone up to at least 14%. Ooops back down to LL.
Basecamp for the next few days … Deadhorse Point State Park. It’s located about thirty-three miles outside of Moab and right next to Canyon Lands National Park. LOVE this place. Tim and I have stayed here before. This is where years ago we could see the stars from horizon to horizon! A magnificent sight. Tonight the sky is crystal clear so far. We can see many, many stars and the Milky Way however with the full moon and eclipse we probably can’t see them to the horizon tonight. We did have a pretty lovely sunset.
Our campsite is in the new campground. It was not here when we stayed previously. So this park has more than twice the campsites and many more visitors. Legend has it that the point was once used as a coral for wild mustangs roaming the mesa. The cowboys would then choose the horses they wanted, leaving the rest corralled on the waterless point. There they died of thirst within view of the Colorado River 2,000 feet below. Such a sad history.
Tomorrow Tim and I will explore the park again. I’ll get some AMAZING pictures from the tip of the point and show you how absolutely amazing this sedimentary rock wonderland of canyons is!
*Note: Had a little fox visit us right before bedtime!
Dinner:
Garlic Infused Butterfly Pork Chops with Fire Roasted Sweet Corn
Sunset: 7:22 pm
Sunrise: 7:03 am
Elevation: 6,000’
Miles from home:
2,131 miles
Miles driven:
13,372 miles
Wildlife viewings:
Mule Deer
Raven
Fox
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