Moab to Torrey

We are now in the vicinity of our next destination, Capital Reef National Park. It was only a four hour drive yesterday to reach here so we arose and packed camp at a leisurely pace. After topping off with diesel we headed out of town and had not been on the road for ten minutes when a semi tossed a rock into our windshield. The strike is in the very center and the damage is about the size of a quarter. I am fortunate on several fronts. At least it is not in my direct line of sight and, more importantly, the windshield did not shatter.

To commemorate our Moab stay, Tuesday evening we did a dinner and Colorado River Cruise. The meal was barbeque and fixings and was not too bad. After eating we embarked and set out on what was pitched as “by far one of the most unique sound and light shows in the world.” Boy did we get suckered. We shared the boat with about thirty couples and were treated to a slow ride to nowhere featuring a corny recording and being shadowed on land by a pickup truck with a spotlight which they occasionally shined on the walls of the canyon. Much of the time we just sat in the dark and listened to canned music and were admonished to contemplate the beauty of the land. Duh! It was pitch dark.

The terrain was varied and changing as we made our way from Moab to Torrey, UT. We viewed towering mesas and buttes, wide open prairie stretching to the horizon, rolling hills covered with scruffy looking pines and tamaracks. We arrived at the Wonderland RV Park and found it to be a delightful, clean and well run little park. Unfortunately, our coach was too wide for our sight and the owner had to get his clippers to prune the surrounding trees to enable us to open up our coach slides. 

Today we are visiting Capital Reefs after a local repairman comes to look at our windshield. It is likely that we will need new glass but we are hoping that a repair might strengthen our windshield so that it doesn’t split down the middle when we hit a significant bump in the road. Winnebago will take weeks to ship parts so a temporary repair would enable us to complete our travels. When we return to Winter Garden we will take the unit in to our dealer and they can keep it as long as necessary.

This morning we had occasion to tryout our furnace as the temperature was about forty degrees. Watching the early news for a weather report we were informed that some regions in Utah were under freeze warnings. The high today is forecast to be 73 degrees. Delightful!