Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Traveling

After a wonderful time in Canyon De Chelly we traveled to Bluff, UT. In almost five years of traveling, most of the time without reservations, we ran into a park that was full when we arrived. Since we usually stop early in the day this was some what surprising. But even in the little town of Bluff there were two other parks and the one we stopped at was almost empty. After resting up we moved on to Green River, UT. Interesting driving in Green River as the whole main street was under construction. There were three lanes set up separated by those bright orange barrels. At the end there was a truck directing us to the middle lane. Since there was nothing telling us to change back to the right we stayed in the middle. Not much traffic but soon there was several vehicles coming towards us in the middle lane. Sine we were close to where the RV park was suppose to be and there was plenty of room on the left shoulder, over to the shoulder we went. Got out and walked about a half block to the park entrance to figure out how best to get there. After spending the night it was back onto that road under construction. This time we wove through the barrels to the right lane and out of town. We had chosen a park exactly half way between Green River and Henefer, UT. It had some good reviews and even looked good on Google Maps. When we got the park there was a semi trailer parked across the entrance. The park was empty and the gas station and store was obviously closed. So it was back to the books and we located a park about 20 miles down the road. By now we were approaching that great valley that houses Salt Lake City and all those other smaller towns. Since most of the streets in almost all the towns in UT are named the same and in the valley they are so close together. This confused our GPS and we were directed to the right address but in the wrong town. A call to the park got us the information that they were across from the Flying J, a destination our GPS recognized, so we got there with only a small detour. Then it was off to East Canyon just south of a small town of Henefer, UT. A couple of nice sunny days here and then the rain moved in for about three days. Tomorrow it will be off to Draper, UT with the opportunity to our grand daughter dance in a regional dance competition on Friday and Saturday.