Appletree Inn Richfield

... Weather Channel said that it would be really good by the weekend, so I decided to go on, and just hope I wouldn't have to put on the chains. I made it over the pass out of Ely with no trouble and then was into much better weather almost immediately. It turned out to be a lovely, but cold and windy day, with some spectacular scenery after the snow stopped. I couldn't see the peaks of the Great Basin Park, but went to the two visitor centers that were ...

October 3-6, 2008 We met up with our friend, Mike, from Las Vegas for a weekend of fun, sun, and fishing in Fish Lake, Utah. Well, we certainly had fun, but sun and fish were hard to come by. In fact, it snowed the first day! This was the first snow that Bob and I have seen on our trip! Actually, the light coat of snow contrasted with the golden and red aspens and the ...

Today deciding that we'd had enough laziness (not really) we went for a hike. Nice enough until I made the decision to go up this huge steep hill. We walked along while I wondered how I'd get back down that huge hill. After another series of small hills we figuered we'd hit the other side of the mountain and we'd be able to come back around on flat terrain...No. The ...

We left haveyouheardofourtown, New Mexico around noon. Our first stop, on our way to Arches National Park, and eventually Richfield Utah, was at the Four Corners. We has to pay 3$ each to get in (over-priced). We took some pictures and then decided to get some Navajo Burgers and Tacos from the trailer near the bathroom, because we had no idea how long it would be until we would find food. Yup, exactly....gross. It was like 4 bites of food, for 7$ none-the-less ...

A few more bus jobs for Neil, more laundry and blogging for Mel. Another nice dip in the pool for Mel, first one of the trip for Neil, then just chilling out really! Distance travelled: 0 miles Total distance travelled: 3103 miles Days on road: 32 States visited: 6 National Parks visited: 6

Not a lot to report today. Beautiful weather. Nice clean camp site. Mel's been doing laundry and blogging and Neil's been doing all kinds of things to the bus like replacing the paper-masking tape joins in the electrics with proper electrical connectors! Nice dip in the pool for Mel, nice dinner, chilling out, beer and "24"! Distance travelled: 0 miles Total distance travelled: 3103 miles Days on road: 31 States visited: 6 National Parks visited: 6

... had a special mid-week offer on and we got three nights for the price of two. After settling Mel in with the laptop and wi-fi, Neil went back into town to get all the bits he needed for the next few days bus maintenance. After a few hours of chilling out, we chilled out some more with a nice barbecued dinner and a few beers, and then some more "24"! Distance travelled: 55 miles Total distance travelled: 3103 miles Days on road: 30 States visited: 6 National Parks visited: 6

... reduced state that was admitted into the Union) as development of the territory was slow (no kidding....it's a barren desert) and the centre of activity remained at Salt Lake. We were shown round the Statehouse by a cute young girl who came from Southern California and had washed up here...we never did understand why she stayed....must have been a bloke involved somewhere because this is one dead town. After our tour we headed out west based on ...

We booked a solid 365 miles today. We made our way North from Montrose through Grand Junction and then headed West. Route 50 and Interstate 70 combine for about 200+ miles so we ducked off on route 128 south and rode through Moab.....Unreal scenery!! We then headed North on 191 and back to 70/50 and finally made our way to ...

... a stark, surreal, mostly uninhabitable area, which goes on mile after mile. Cell phones do not work in most of these areas-apparently it was the last area in the country to be fully mapped and surveyed. Fortunately, there are a surprisingly large number of tourists-yes, the Germans-who travel this area, even in early October, and there are small towns every few miles, so it is not as isolated as it sounds. But is really is in the middle ...