Today we take our leave of Utah. What a great state! One I'm sure we'll come back to and explore some more.
We were on the road by ten this morning and heading towards Colorado.
We passed this on the way. What a clever advertising idea! We saw the sign and I was expecting to see the "hole" but when we got closer there were arrows painted around the mountain directing one to the other side. Once you got past the mountain there sits a tourist trap type T-shirt store called none other than "The Hole N' The Rock.
A going down the road picture.
We were surprised to see this arch, outside of the national park. This one is called Wilson Arch.
It wasn't long before we reached the Colorado state line. Now take a look at their sign. They boast of their state as COLORFUL COLORADO on the plainest brown sign you've ever seen. Seems to me someone should have gotten their box of crayons out when they designed this sign!
Someone was having rain when we passed down this section of the road. We could see it falling from the clouds.
We are headed to a campground called Priest's Gulch in Dolores. We visited this campground earlier in the summer when we came through this way although we didn't stay here. Bob and I really liked what we saw when we stopped to check it out and sent our workamping resume in hopes of workamping here next summer.
We arrived by early afternoon and got a space on the other side of the river. Here we are following the golf cart over the bridge.
This place is so peaceful! The most noise one hears is the occasional bird, the chatter of the chipmunks, which are in great abundance here, and the water lapping over the rocks in the river.
We had to wait for our site as the rig that was in there had to be moved to storage. We were offered one that wasn't on the river but we really wanted to be parked there so we opted to wait. It took about twenty minutes but the time passed quickly because the campers already in place came to the truck to talk while we waited. Friendly people here!
We paid for three nights here and I made sure they blocked out four more in case we decide to stay.
Bob tried to set up our satellite dish for TV but couldn't get a clear shot over the trees to the southern sky. So while we're here we have a choice of ABC, NBC or Fox. Three channels, that's it. Oh yeah, and there is no cell service here either. We are in a valley and no towers are installed here. We hear that will change by next summer. I don't know if its every provider but it is a definite no-go for Verizon.
So we get set up which took longer than usual because everyone came over to say hello and talk for awhile.
After salad and spaghetti and meatballs for dinner we channel surfed our three channels all evening.
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