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Utah

Shopping & New Friends (Elks Lodge (Dixie) 1743 – Saint George, UT)

After a night of rainstorms, we finally got through a whole day (Monday) with no rain.  Funny, how after all the nice weather we’ve been lucky enough to enjoy since we left Colorado; that after only a couple/few days of scattered rainstorms we’re already complaining for a change…  It’s like we’ve been spoiled or something 🙂

I washed the Coach down a bit in the morning after all the rain and then we ran around the scenic town of Saint George and did a little shopping; Camping World, Home Depot, Michael’s, WalMart.

In the evening, we went into the lodge for chili-dogs & wings night and met up with a couple of the other RV’ers that had pulled into the park today.  Once again, we got to enjoy meeting and talking to some new-found friends.

Here’s a few pics I snapped this early morning on Tuesday while taking little “Coach” for his walk:

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Side-view of Elks Lodge 1743 (Elks Care – Elks Share)

Views of the golf course that is adjacent to the Elks Lodge.

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The RV parking area:

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The camp host (John) has his Alpine Coach next to the garage on the left (below).  Washers and Dryers are located in the garage which Stilla already tested out for our larger loads, i.e., bedding, sheets.

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Here’s Don and Fannie France’s Heavy-Duty Truck (HDT) and 5th Wheel combo (below).  We met Don & Fannie inside the lodge at chili-dog/wings night.  They just returned from 4 months in Alaska and are heading back to their home base in Mesa, AZ.  It was nice to meet them.  Safe travels Don & Fannie!

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And here’s a Beaver Coach (below left) that belongs to a nice gentleman from California (sorry, didn’t catch his name) that we also spent time with inside the lodge.  Once again I have to say – we get to meet the nicest folks in our travels 🙂

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Tonight is Tuesday Steak Night at the lodge.  We’ll stay here until the 22nd and then head on down to Las Vegas NV to meet up with family.  Stay tuned…

Colorado

6000 miles later – Back at the House (Colorado Springs, CO)

On Monday we left the Elks Lodge in Saint George, UT early in the morning.  I really would have liked to stay here, what a nice lodge and RV park area!  The lodge had brats and nachos for donations in the bar area, so that was our dinner.

We needed to get back home to prepare for our son William’s visit from Germany.  He’ll be here the 5th of October and he’s bringing his girlfriend that we haven’t met yet.  So we made a bee line straight for our house in Colorado Springs.  Sorry, no pictures today… I know you’re disappointed, but with the fast pace and often rainy windshield, the pics wouldn’t have turned out very good anyway.

We continued North on 1-15 until we hit I-70.  We made it all the way to Grand Junction, CO by Monday evening.  A grand total of 392 miles!  If you’ve never seen the San Rafael Swell along I-70, it’s definitely worth stopping at the rest areas to view.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Rafael_Swell

We researched the Elks.org website and found a lodge in downtown Grand Junction that claimed to have 4 electrical hook-up sites.  I didn’t call ahead figuring that since it was Monday, they were sure to have a spot.  Sure enough, they had 4 electrical hook-ups all on the same pole in the middle of their empty parking lot.  The lodge was closed so I called the number listed on the website, which was the same as the number posted on the door, and got no answer.  There was a box on the pole with empty envelopes in it, so I put $10 along with our business card in it and slipped it under the lodge door.  We hooked up to the 30 amp, watched a little TV and went to bed so we could get another early start in the morning.

On Tuesday, we continued on I-70 and drove through the rain at times.  It sure was beautiful near Vail with all the aspen leaves changing colors and snow on the mountains around us.  I was a little worried about the rain turning into snow on the Eisenhower Tunnel Pass so I researched a “short-cut” over Hoosier Pass and the weather outlook said it was dry.  So, we turned South at Dillon Reservoir and took 9 through Breckenridge and then over Hoosier Pass.  Sure enough, it was dry and easy going.  The weather even cleared up nicely the closer we got to I-24 and then home.

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So, after another 290 miles for the day, here we are in Colorado Springs again.  We’ve put a grand total of 6,100 miles on the Urban Escape Vehicle since we started full-timing in May.  It’s good to be back for a short time and see daughter’s Jennifer and Joleen again.

I’ll post again soon to keep you apprised of our status… hopefully we can get back on the road again soon.  Maybe, I can use this “downtime” while son William is visiting, to update the blog with the places we visited before I started the blog… I’ve got some great pics of our time at such places as: Lake Tahoe, Crater Lake, the RV Rallies in Portland and Redmond OR, Mt Rainier, and Mt Saint Helens, etc.,

So stay tuned…