Elks Lodge #849 - Provo, UT - March 22, 2016

Well, our first wallydocking experience is in the books. It wasn't bad at all. Several more rigs came in at night, maybe 8 RVs in all. But by 8 AM, we were on the road.

We headed toward Utah and the high country.

Welcome to Utah. This will be our 25th state that we have camped in.

We had to gas up in Montecello for $2.09 a gallon ... Boooo!

This state is loaded with cool rock formations. And here we start getting into them.

The Hole in the Rock is a home built into the mountain. I saw it as a kid and wanted to stop, but as we got close, there was no good RV parking close by. Just passing through this time.

We drove by Canyonlands National Park - next time. And we saw great boondocking spots between Moab and La Sal Junction.

In Moab, there were a million jeeps, quads, and other ATVs. All the campgrounds were packed as well as the streets. Turns out there was a big event going on. The week before Easter is the Easter Jeep Safari event and it looks like there is a well attended wild week instore.

We will be exploring Moab next time as well. Looks like a fascinating place.

Just beyond Moab, We passed by the entrance to Arches National Park. Looks like many of the Moab ATV crowd were in line to visit the park that day.

As we headed north, the red rocks flattened out a bit and were gone by the time we reached Interstate 70.

I was stationed TDY for a week in Green River, UT back in 1973. For a month, I worked in a lone building atop a bluff, monitoring frequencies during some missile launches. They launched from the Utah Launch Complex at Green River, and they impacted on White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.

And what do you know, I saw my old work site.

The big anntennas are gone off the tower, but that's it.

Then we drove through Green River.

And I didn't recognize a thing! It's only been 43 years...

As we headded up and towards Provo, UT, we saw lots of snow. We also crossed Soldier Summit at 7,420 feet.

Down we came, passed the wind machines and on to Interstate 15 and to Provo.

Provo is a good sized place and the Elks Lodge is really nice.

We parked in their RV area. The water isn't turned on yet, so they only charged us $5.00 a night. The 50 Amp will come in handy as there is another cold front coming through. We may be here 3 days or so.

Time to get our States Visited stickers up to date.

Donna is doing Utah,

I am doing Colorado.

Then we went and found our first geocache in Utah.

That is geocache state number 22 now.

We are surrounded by snow capped mountains. The wind is blowing and it is raining. Pretty dreary outside.
A good place to wait out the weather.