Today we travelled along I-15 north to I-70/US 50 to see Goblin Valley State Park, about an 80 mile side trip. What a sight! One we named "Bertha Butt" who looked like she was hugging another rock. The man who had owned the property until the state bought it from him called it Mushroom Valley. The wind has shaped these formations in the same way the Arches near Moab where we went next. Most areas along the 48 mile route were a long walk or hike to get a good look at the formations and we only did half the park. The campground, with no hookups, was full so we went on down the road to Grand Junction, CO, to stay in a regular RV park with t least electric so we could have a/c. This was the first time we couldn't get a space when we would have liked.
At the Arches where the parking lots are very small, we saw again many cars and pickups parked in the few spaces for RV/travel trailers while car spaces were empty. To us, that's as bad as taking a handicap space! We waited and waited behind another couple in front (and I do mean right up against) an information plaque where there was a choice of two trails. They stood there and discussed which trail would be better, or should they take the one to the left or to the right, or do one first then do the other one, when Frank asked them to step aside so others could read the sign. They got all huffy. (Updated 8/18/08: We saw in last week's paper that Delicate Arch fell sometime Monday night or Tuesday morning. What a shame!! All the signs and the rangers said that the park was a work of nature which won't let up on the 'work')
When we stopped to pick up some milk and other stuff at WalMart, I noticed all the margarine and butter sticks were the short chunky ones like we saw in Canada. Will they fit on my butter dishes?
We left Arches on US 285. This road follows along the side of the Colorado River which was almost in a flood stage and moving very rapidly along. This part of the river is through a beautiful red rock canyon. As we exited the canyon into a very wide valley, the wind really picked.
As I started fixing dinner, I had to wash some more Alaska/Canada Top of the World Highway dust out of the pans! This dust has a certain odor and is reddish tan in color.
