Camping

Ultimate Summer Camp(s)

Autumn is coming at least a week later this year, and I don’t mind at all. I’d meant to write and post this at least three weeks ago when we would have celebrated the equinox with a color drive, but we still haven’t really taken that drive. We did head to Colorado Springs the first weekend of October to pick up our rebuilt transmission. The aspen were changing, mostly on the east side of the Divide. A week later, the Gamble oak in our yard started to change.
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Utah Spring Vacation | Final Day 7

Our neighbors really did leave early, before the dogs woke us up, and so quietly that we didn’t realize they’d left. Originally our trip plan was to get back by Saturday so we could have Sunday to recoup. When we woke up on Friday, April 18th, the weather radio again prompted us to change our plans. Storms were expected at least by the next day. Not wanting to travel in the rain and wind, we decided to go ahead and head home via Comb Wash Road – Aneth – back to where we’d crossed into Utah at Ismay Trading Post and on to McElmo Canyon.
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Utah Spring Vacation | Day 6

By Thursday, April 17th, we’d hit most of our highlights and were trying to decide what else we should do on the way back home. Knowing it would be too warm to sit in the canyon with the dogs that day, we packed up and headed to Natural Bridges National Monument. Since we did still have the dogs, we didn’t take any hikes—although the helpful Ranger at the station let us know where our dogs were allowed, but we did drive through the park and pull over at each vista, taking in the Owachomo, Sipapu, and Kachina Bridges.
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Utah Spring Vacation | Day 5

Routej Day 5, You can see my map of the overall route on google maps.
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Utah Spring Vacation | Day 4

Tuesday, April 15th was our layover day in the Cathedral Valley campground. We spent a lazy day drinking margaritas and baking biscuits in the dutch oven. Our neighbors went out for a hike so we took the opportunity to walk the dogs around the campground, and I picked my mandolin. We were visited by a park ranger, and took every opportunity to walk to the edge and take in the view.
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Utah Spring Vacation | Day 3

The winds were a little calmer when we woke Monday, April 14th in Cedar Mesa Campground in Capitol Reef National Park. We packed up and took Notom Road north to the park headquarters. I didn’t get any pictures, but the orchards in Fruita were just beginning to bloom.
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Utah Spring Vacation | Day 2

Route Day 2, You can see my map of the overall route on google maps.
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Utah Spring Vacation | Day 1

We had the most amazing adventure through Utah. It was so desolate, but so beautiful. I’m putting together a slideshow of all our pics, but here are more of the details day-by-day:
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First Camp of the Season: Chama River

As I mentioned when I launched my new theme, I’d like to get better about using this as a real blog about me and not just talking about my business anymore. I’d also like to get better about posting regularly. So while there’s a lot of technical and business stuff I need to expand on (and am working on), here’s one of those posts that is a little more personal and fun…
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