Day 37 Tuesday April 27
Today we did the Loop-the-Fold tour which starts down the East side of Capital Reef National Park following the Notom-Bull Frog road.
We decided to go all the way to Bull Frog on Lake Powell. There we had lunch with a beautiful view of the lake.
Along the way we made many stops viewing the scenery, flowers,
150 million year old oyster fossils, etx. Backtracking , we then took the Burr Trail which goes up a “cliff” with a series of switchbacks. The Burr Trail continues all the way to the city of Boulder passing though a canyon with spectacular cliffs. We drove then from Boulder on hwy 12 through the partially snow covered mountains to Torrey over a 9600 foot pass. A fun filled and eye filling day.
Judy’s word
I must say we are satiated with this amazing country. We decided to go back to Torey the long way, on paved roads. To do so we deferred a planed slot canyon hike. The reason, the weather. The forecast was of concern, and they clearly warn hikers to stay out of the desert areas when it rains. This is to avoid flash floods. We were blessed with our own private slot canyon on the way back. Close to the road and very accessible. I am sure Richard will include in his pictures. A day to remember. J
Day 38 Wednesday April 28
Windy today. Mostly 20-30 mph all day. One gust to 39 mph. We decided to spend the day at home. Judy did some bead work and I played on the computer updating my rock hounding list. Nice to spend the day doing mostly nothing.
Day 39 Thursday April 29
Wow. It snowed overnight.
About an inch and was temperature of 28. Burrr. Winds were around 10 mph. We spent the morning goofing off. After lunch we went to see some pictograph in the area of Fish Creek.
Unfortunately they have been vandalized. They were still interesting. There was suppose to be a water fall but I did not find it. Still cold and blowy.
Day 40 Friday April 30
Cold and blowy when we got up but decided to go to Cathedral Valley. Checked at the ranger station to make sure the overnight snow did not make the road impassable. The 58 mile loop road starts by fording the Fremont river which was about 12 inches deep. The road most of the way was good but with some very rough spots at times. The views were spectacular.
The wind was very gusty all day making the 40 degree temperature seem cold. On the way home, just at the western edge of Capital Reef NP we stopped by the panorama point and the goosenecks of the Sulfur Cr.
Got home late since we stopped so many times.
Judy’s word
We are ending our time here… once again… spectacular. They just do not run out of red rocks! Really, no two places are alike. It will be awhile before we dust off the red dust. Keeping you all in our thoughts. J
Day 41 Saturday May 1 Happy May Day
After a leisurely breakfast we decided to do some rock hounding very close to here, about 3 miles total. Well the road was very rough with lots of big rocks in it, plus we had to cross a creek. Goldie did very well getting over that stuff. When we got there and looked around there were “tons” of petrified wood . We had to leave early or Goldie would have been screaming from the weight. Judy’s pockets were crammed too. Think we got some coprolites, petrified dinosaur droppings. After lunch we cleaned up the trailer and did the normal checks to leave in the morning.
Day 42 Sunday May 2 39041
We had a little snow over night and the morning temperature was 28 deg. We drove from Torrey and continued on hwy 24 to I-70. We drove on I-70 to exit 182 and drove south on 191 to Moab. We are camped at Slickrock RV Park in space 35. We drove 152 miles today.
Judy’s word
We are getting pretty good at the button up and move exercise. Then the fun of discovering a new home. Richard did an A plus driving job, or herding this outfit in a mean wind with lots of curves. We are safe and a big visit to the new grocery fills our freezer, frig, and cupboards. Now! We will spend the evening planning the things we want to see and do for the next two weeks. J
Day 43 Monday May 3 39193
We went to Arches National Park visitor center and got information about the drives and hikes. Then we headed into town to look at the local rock shop. It could be a museum too. Headed to the visitor center to get more info about things to do. I did not know it at the time but I dropped my credit card when purchasing a book and walked out the door. We went to a store for some beads and were told none in town. Back at the motor home I started polishing some petrified wood to send to Escalante. Before dinner we went to town to go to the liquor store to get some wine. When I went to pay, no credit card. Lucky Judy remembered a purchase at the visitor center and when I walked in the door, the lady who had waited on me smiled and said “May I help you?”
Judy’s word
Some pretty anxious moments…all is well that ends well! It was so nice to enjoy the pleasant weather, sun and light breeze. Temps in the low 70’s. Perfect weather for Richard to get out his equipment and try some of his skills on the “new” specimens we have collected. J
Day 44 Tuesday May 4
We went into Arches National Park today. We stopped at most of the sites in the brochure. The Windows arch walk of 1.1 miles was very nice but it was starting to get windy.
Lunch was at Double Arch. 
We drove to the Delicate Arch viewing area, Fiery Furnace
and then Sand Arch were we hiked in between “fins” to the arch.
After the final stop at Devils Garden we went back home. Well we stopped at the grocery store to pick up some things we forgot yesterday. While Judy cooked dinner I worked on making polished rocks for the rock shop in Escalante. Temperature today was 81 degrees.
Day 45 Wednesday May 5 Happy Cinco de Mayo
We got up early so I could go on a hike before it got too hot. I drove to Devils Garden which is at the end of the paved road. The hike was to Double “O” arch
at the end of a 2.5 miles trip. On the way I saw Landscape arch, 
fallen Wall arch (in 2008 and was there when I did the trip a few years ago), Navaho Arch, Partition arch, Cave arch from a distance, and Double “O” arch. I decided to go an extra half mile to Dark Angel tower. Very nice day. The trail was a lot better marked than when I did it before. When I got back home, Judy and I went petrograph and pictograph hunting. We drove to Spanish Trail road where there was a rock panel. Many were being destroyed because the sandstone was eroding. We then went on Kane Creek Road where we stopped at three different sites. The last one had the famous “birthing” pictograph.
Back in town we stopped at a trading post and a tour place to see about a dinner/boat tour. Sweet and sour pork for dinner by Judy. Yumm.
Day 46 Thursday May 6
We drove north on Hwy 128 which runs along the Colorado River most of the way to I-70. Very pretty with tall red cliffs on both sides.
When we got to I-70 we drove to Sego Canyon and the fabulous petroglyphs and pictographs. Some are from 2000-4000 years ago.
After viewing and enjoying the ancient art, we drove further to the old coal mining town of Sego. We came home the same way with good views of Fisher Towers. 
We stopped at Red Cliff resort on the Colorado River which has a movie and “cowboy” museum. They had memorabilia from movies made from the local and Moab area down to Monument Valley. Fun and beautiful day.
Judy’s word
Like I said …you think it can’t be more beautiful, and once again, those red cliffs with the snow caped La Sal range in the background was beautiful. To salute Cinco De Mayo… Richard prepared his world famous enchiladas. MMMMM J
Day 47 Friday May 7
We went to town today. Did the laundry, went to the hospital to get my blood clotting test, washed Goldie (s he was very happy about it too), went to the grocery store and signed up for a sunset river cruise with dinner for Sunday. Whew. Then after lunch we took the Potash road which runs south bound on the West side of the Colorado River. There were five spots we stopped to see more “glyphs”. We continued driving to the potash mine and the back home. After dinner we decided to go back to Hwy 128 where a local travel company puts on a show by shinning lights on the cliffs along the Colorado River. We followed the boat up the river and watched the show. No sound of course. Saw some base jumpers go off a thousand foot cliff. Brave idiots?
Today we did the Loop-the-Fold tour which starts down the East side of Capital Reef National Park following the Notom-Bull Frog road.
We decided to go all the way to Bull Frog on Lake Powell. There we had lunch with a beautiful view of the lake. Along the way we made many stops viewing the scenery, flowers, 150 million year old oyster fossils, etx. Backtracking , we then took the Burr Trail which goes up a “cliff” with a series of switchbacks. The Burr Trail continues all the way to the city of Boulder passing though a canyon with spectacular cliffs. We drove then from Boulder on hwy 12 through the partially snow covered mountains to Torrey over a 9600 foot pass. A fun filled and eye filling day.Judy’s word
I must say we are satiated with this amazing country. We decided to go back to Torey the long way, on paved roads. To do so we deferred a planed slot canyon hike. The reason, the weather. The forecast was of concern, and they clearly warn hikers to stay out of the desert areas when it rains. This is to avoid flash floods. We were blessed with our own private slot canyon on the way back. Close to the road and very accessible. I am sure Richard will include in his pictures. A day to remember. J
Day 38 Wednesday April 28
Windy today. Mostly 20-30 mph all day. One gust to 39 mph. We decided to spend the day at home. Judy did some bead work and I played on the computer updating my rock hounding list. Nice to spend the day doing mostly nothing.
Day 39 Thursday April 29
Wow. It snowed overnight.
About an inch and was temperature of 28. Burrr. Winds were around 10 mph. We spent the morning goofing off. After lunch we went to see some pictograph in the area of Fish Creek. Unfortunately they have been vandalized. They were still interesting. There was suppose to be a water fall but I did not find it. Still cold and blowy.Day 40 Friday April 30
Cold and blowy when we got up but decided to go to Cathedral Valley. Checked at the ranger station to make sure the overnight snow did not make the road impassable. The 58 mile loop road starts by fording the Fremont river which was about 12 inches deep. The road most of the way was good but with some very rough spots at times. The views were spectacular.
The wind was very gusty all day making the 40 degree temperature seem cold. On the way home, just at the western edge of Capital Reef NP we stopped by the panorama point and the goosenecks of the Sulfur Cr. Got home late since we stopped so many times.Judy’s word
We are ending our time here… once again… spectacular. They just do not run out of red rocks! Really, no two places are alike. It will be awhile before we dust off the red dust. Keeping you all in our thoughts. J
Day 41 Saturday May 1 Happy May Day
After a leisurely breakfast we decided to do some rock hounding very close to here, about 3 miles total. Well the road was very rough with lots of big rocks in it, plus we had to cross a creek. Goldie did very well getting over that stuff. When we got there and looked around there were “tons” of petrified wood . We had to leave early or Goldie would have been screaming from the weight. Judy’s pockets were crammed too. Think we got some coprolites, petrified dinosaur droppings. After lunch we cleaned up the trailer and did the normal checks to leave in the morning.
Day 42 Sunday May 2 39041
We had a little snow over night and the morning temperature was 28 deg. We drove from Torrey and continued on hwy 24 to I-70. We drove on I-70 to exit 182 and drove south on 191 to Moab. We are camped at Slickrock RV Park in space 35. We drove 152 miles today.
Judy’s word
We are getting pretty good at the button up and move exercise. Then the fun of discovering a new home. Richard did an A plus driving job, or herding this outfit in a mean wind with lots of curves. We are safe and a big visit to the new grocery fills our freezer, frig, and cupboards. Now! We will spend the evening planning the things we want to see and do for the next two weeks. J
Day 43 Monday May 3 39193
We went to Arches National Park visitor center and got information about the drives and hikes. Then we headed into town to look at the local rock shop. It could be a museum too. Headed to the visitor center to get more info about things to do. I did not know it at the time but I dropped my credit card when purchasing a book and walked out the door. We went to a store for some beads and were told none in town. Back at the motor home I started polishing some petrified wood to send to Escalante. Before dinner we went to town to go to the liquor store to get some wine. When I went to pay, no credit card. Lucky Judy remembered a purchase at the visitor center and when I walked in the door, the lady who had waited on me smiled and said “May I help you?”
Judy’s word
Some pretty anxious moments…all is well that ends well! It was so nice to enjoy the pleasant weather, sun and light breeze. Temps in the low 70’s. Perfect weather for Richard to get out his equipment and try some of his skills on the “new” specimens we have collected. J
Day 44 Tuesday May 4
We went into Arches National Park today. We stopped at most of the sites in the brochure. The Windows arch walk of 1.1 miles was very nice but it was starting to get windy.
Lunch was at Double Arch. We drove to the Delicate Arch viewing area, Fiery Furnace and then Sand Arch were we hiked in between “fins” to the arch. After the final stop at Devils Garden we went back home. Well we stopped at the grocery store to pick up some things we forgot yesterday. While Judy cooked dinner I worked on making polished rocks for the rock shop in Escalante. Temperature today was 81 degrees.Day 45 Wednesday May 5 Happy Cinco de Mayo
We got up early so I could go on a hike before it got too hot. I drove to Devils Garden which is at the end of the paved road. The hike was to Double “O” arch
at the end of a 2.5 miles trip. On the way I saw Landscape arch, fallen Wall arch (in 2008 and was there when I did the trip a few years ago), Navaho Arch, Partition arch, Cave arch from a distance, and Double “O” arch. I decided to go an extra half mile to Dark Angel tower. Very nice day. The trail was a lot better marked than when I did it before. When I got back home, Judy and I went petrograph and pictograph hunting. We drove to Spanish Trail road where there was a rock panel. Many were being destroyed because the sandstone was eroding. We then went on Kane Creek Road where we stopped at three different sites. The last one had the famous “birthing” pictograph. Back in town we stopped at a trading post and a tour place to see about a dinner/boat tour. Sweet and sour pork for dinner by Judy. Yumm.Day 46 Thursday May 6
We drove north on Hwy 128 which runs along the Colorado River most of the way to I-70. Very pretty with tall red cliffs on both sides.
When we got to I-70 we drove to Sego Canyon and the fabulous petroglyphs and pictographs. Some are from 2000-4000 years ago. After viewing and enjoying the ancient art, we drove further to the old coal mining town of Sego. We came home the same way with good views of Fisher Towers. We stopped at Red Cliff resort on the Colorado River which has a movie and “cowboy” museum. They had memorabilia from movies made from the local and Moab area down to Monument Valley. Fun and beautiful day.Judy’s word
Like I said …you think it can’t be more beautiful, and once again, those red cliffs with the snow caped La Sal range in the background was beautiful. To salute Cinco De Mayo… Richard prepared his world famous enchiladas. MMMMM J
Day 47 Friday May 7
We went to town today. Did the laundry, went to the hospital to get my blood clotting test, washed Goldie (s he was very happy about it too), went to the grocery store and signed up for a sunset river cruise with dinner for Sunday. Whew. Then after lunch we took the Potash road which runs south bound on the West side of the Colorado River. There were five spots we stopped to see more “glyphs”. We continued driving to the potash mine and the back home. After dinner we decided to go back to Hwy 128 where a local travel company puts on a show by shinning lights on the cliffs along the Colorado River. We followed the boat up the river and watched the show. No sound of course. Saw some base jumpers go off a thousand foot cliff. Brave idiots?
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