Sunday October 2, 2016
This day did not go exactly as planned but it was a very
good restful day – we are on vacation after all. There was about 30 minutes of hard rain last
night right after we went to bed. Ben
did not hear anything but I heard the rain hard on the metal roof of the
Sprinter. We were nice and cozy warm inside
with the temperature dropping to 40 during the night.
During breakfast this morning we were discussing the next
few days of our trip. With the
temperatures this low we were concerned about camping in the campground at the
North Rim of Grand Canyon with no electricity – I had been considering what I
could easily cook on the gas stove but had not thought about the
temperature….good thing Ben did. We
called and got a reservation in the National Park Lodging – in a motel room
with heat! Also got part of our fee back
for canceling the camping spots. Good
decision and maybe someone can use our spots!
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| Huge Camp store |
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| Entering Bryce Canyon |
We had been to Bryce Canyon once before – on the 2002 trip
but liked it so were going back this morning.
We again waited in line to enter but when we got to the Visitor Center
there were no parking places and it was a zoo with people everywhere. 3 Tour Busses and ever so many vehicles and
people…we did not want to be fighting for parking spots to view the hoo-doos so
turned around and left. I have said
before there is certainly no shortage of people almost everywhere we have
been.
We continued on our westward journey on UT 12. We were now in a red rock area and we got a
few photos of some “almost” hoo-doos as we journeyed west. There were also several
tunnels cut through the red rock.
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| almost a hoo-doo |
After about 30 miles we came to the terminus of UT 12 and
were on US 89 south to Kanab. For the
record we saw two more presidential political signs today – a Gary Johnson yard
sign and a hand painted billboard for Jill Stein. Interesting – no others for any recent
days. Lots of local candidate signs but
not presidential ones.
We continued south through beautiful farmland, areas being
developed as second home sites, and small towns with Mormon churches, a few
businesses and neat homes. We saw the first red trees and the yellow at this elevation is cottonwood instead of aspen.
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| Nice Color |
We got to
Kanab about noon and got one of the few sites left in the RV Park Jane had
selected - Kanab RV Corral. After lunch
we got out the maps and reviewed our next week or so of travel. Changing from two nights to one at Grand
Canyon meant we had an extra day before our hotel reservation at Monument
Valley. A phone call confirmed we could not move the reservation up a night so
we will plan two nights in Page or somewhere else in that area. And we rerouted ourselves to visit the Indian
Ruins in Aztec instead of going to Gallup.
The internet here is relatively good, the campsite is quiet, and we are
well pleased with our selection. So we had some time to rest and clean up the
Sprinter. The elevation here is back down lower - about 6,000 feet. The sun is shining and it is in the 70’s with
no wind. Felt good to sit in the
sun. Jane has no breathing difficulty at
all now. Even with the medicine for 5
days – the 10,000 feet at times yesterday caused some issues but nothing like
in Colorado.
Middle of the afternoon we thought we would explore
Kanab. This town seems to have lost some
of its luster and vibrancy. Along with
Moab, it was a favorite movie location in the years past. Don’t believe Kanab has been in the game in
recent years. We visited their “Little
Hollywood Museum” which is mainly a collection of buildings from movie sets of
past years. It really looks a little
sad. There was a write-up on a stunt
woman who had been very active – we wondered if she were the driving force
behind the place and died – then no one cared.
They had a lot of Route 66 materials to sell and when we asked why –
they said it was not “too far away” and that Kanab had been one of the towns
used as model for the movie Cars. We
visited the town in TX with the restored gas station used in the film. Kanab they say has the tee-pee used in the
movie. Can’t say I recall a tee-pee but
perhaps there was one. We looked around
in several galleries and gift shops – some nice things but nothing exciting and
not very many people. Of course we
realized it is Sunday afternoon. The hotels do not have no vacancy signs as the
ones did in Bryce last night!
For dinner we made a short 2 block drive to Nedra 2’s. Ben had been wanting Mexican food and we have
visited Nedra 2’s on both of our previous visits to Kanab. It continues to be
good although not as outstanding as we remembered. Taco Salad for Jane and Machaca for Ben. The Machaca is a northern Mexican dish with
shredded lean beef cooked with tomatoes, onions, green chilies, cilantro and
egg. We both thought it was very
good. For the few people we saw shopping
at 4:00 the restaurant was full at 6:00!
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| Machaca |
Back to camp and hopefully post the blog and watch a movie. There is a movie house here showing old
westerns – but not on Sunday night!
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