Kanab day 3

We have booked a 2 and a half hour sunset tour through parts of Coral Pink Sand dunes SP on ORVs. We are riding, not driving. We most likely won't get back to the MP until pretty late so I probably won't post anything about that until tomorrow. We put the Old Girl in storage tomorrow and drive to Torrey Utah to meet up with John and Jeanne. I did a pleasant bike ride this morning around a lake that is not far from here. See pic.

Kanab day 2

Today we did "The belly of the dragon". Apparently, years ago, a tunnel was dug through a hillside to facilitate the efficient movement of flood waters under a highway. Through the years, after many floods, that tunnel has grown and been reshaped. It's now a tourist attraction. We walked through the tunnel and continued up the canyon for about a mile before turning around. The next part of this trip will be visits, with John & Jeanne Begnaud, to Capital Reef, Bryce and Zion. 10 days total. We have booked a storage facility for the RV here in Kanab. We visited that place this morning and we think there's a good chance it will work out. There was some confusion about the site we had been assigned and the availability of electricity at the site. Please cross your fingers. Not sure what we will do tomorrow. We will need to give some thought to what we will need to take with us on our National Park tour. More tomorrow.

Dark Sky RV campground

We are in Kanab Utah. On the way here we drove through Page Az and drove around lake Powell just to have a look. It's still a lake, just very much diminished. This campground serves a free meal for all the campers every Thursday. That's today. Lasagna and complementary beer and wine. There is also a star gazing deal with telescopes at 9:45. Hopefully we can stay up after eating lasagna and drinking wine.

Flagstaff day 2

I've been thinking pretty deeply today about Flagstaff. A flagstaff is a stick with a flag on it. I'm just wondering. Hopefully I'll be able to sleep tonight without thinking about it. Anyway, Flagstaff's elevation is 7200 feet. There is effectively 23% less O2 at this altitude. I mention that because I rode a few of the Forest Service trails behind the KOA this morning. During the short ride to the trailhead my heart rate was above 150. This is not a good sign. During the ride I encountered a young lady who was out for a hike. She passed me. Kinda embarrassing. Anyway, I exhausted myself but recovered enough to take Jenny on a hike on some of the trails that I rode. So, we both got some much needed exercise. We move tomorrow to Kanab Utah.

Flagstaff KOA

Today's drive was a windy challenge. The Sprinter has a feature called "crosswind assist" when it senses that the van is about to get blown over the upwind brakes apply themselves for a brief moment. The first time it happened it scared the shit out of me. It happened maybe a dozen times today. The wind was really bad. We are in camp under the ponderosa pines and it's still really bad. It is a cool wind however. We might need the heater later. This KOA backs up to a national forest with trails. I will try to ride a few of them tomorrow. We stopped a few times on the way here. We weren't in a hurry. I tried to capture the blowing dust a a gas stop along the way. We are here for 2 nights.

American RV resort

We made it to Albuquerque unscathed. The last time we stayed here was probably 5 years ago. This place has deteriorated quite a bit or my memory of it has deteriorated. Anyway something has deteriorated. We probably won't stay here again. There was a pretty strong thunderstorm that blew through here after we arrived. It was preceded by a wall of dust. RVing has many different experiences. We head to Flagstaff tomorrow. It took us 17 days for us to get out of Texas. I took no pics on the drive. I'll see if I can find something in the archives.

Palo Duro day 3

It was 56° this morning and 98° this afternoon. The park rangers opened the trails one at a time as they dried out. We had a couple of good hikes on freshly opened trails. One of the trails we hiked had a sunscreen dispenser at the trailhead. That was a first for us. We have seen large numbers of roadrunners everywhere we have been. It's hard to take their picture (beep-beep). That colorful lizard picture is unedited. We get on I 40 tomorrow and should end up in Albuquerque for a one nighter. Hopefully nothing blog worthy will happen tomorrow. Here's hopeing.