Comfort Inn Richfield

... pushing him out of the first ditch, we gave him a push up the hill until he came to a corner where he and Andy nearly went off a nasty hill to the side. No need to tell all, but about 4 hours and many scary moments later, we were back where we started.<br>Whew.<br>So it was pretty late at night when we pulled into monroe, home of the mystic hot springs. After some searching we pulled into the parking lot, all ...

... to take a picture of the 'WHOA' sign at the end of the road, and a Schwann's truck came aroung the corner, over the cattle guard and took off down the road I intend to travel. I turned off this road a short time later to check out the Baker Archeological Dig which is of a small village of Fremont Indians who vacated the area about 700 years ago. It was excavated in 1991-94 and has been set up as an interpretive site. I got some good pictures of the ...

... of Fish Lake made for quite a beautiful landscape, as you can see from the pictures. The area is part of the National Forest land, and once beyond the lake area, there are many forest roads leading to solitude and beautiful camping areas. And lots of free range cattle! Mike chauffeured us in his SUV around the area, through the mud and snow, to get a look at the ...

... steep hill ended in a dead end. We laughed. I knew we'd have to go back the way we came. When we got to the edge of the hill I panicked and crouched down and slid on my hands and feet ( imagine skiing ) all the way down, as Dave walked along and made it look quite easy. On the way back we decided to destoy some ant hills and collect some colored rocks. All in a days fun.

... 2 days and nights sitting by the pool relaxing and then hit the road for the home stretch into Southern California. But don't worry, we will continue to publish our adventures all the way thru Vegas, Southern California, and the recent addition of Northern California (which begins on Sept 2). Milage as of this evening: 4,400 Grease Spots on Evan's shorts from Navajo FryBread: 9 Grease Spots on Evan's shorts from Navajo FryBread after purchasing a Tide-2-Go pen: 2.5

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! <br><br>Distance travelled: 0 miles <br><br>Total distance travelled: 3103 miles <br><br>Days on road: 32 <br><br>States visited: 6 <br><br>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 ...

Awoke to blue sky and this time it looked set to stay for the day. After a couple of hours drive north, following the Sevier River along the valley floor, we arrived in Richfield, a sizeable town. Much to Mel's delight, there was another all-singing, all-dancing, Asda-like Wal Mart. So after stocking up on groceries and Chip having an ...

... lake of Bonneville filled much of this basin but over time either evaporated or drained to the sea (maybe via the River Columbia) leaving only the Great Salt Lake and occasional spring-fed marshes. They even named the county Millard and the town Fillmore after the then president....Millard Fillmore who had been friendly and helpful to the Mormons during their persecution in Illinois and Missouri. The town never evolved into the capital of Utah ...

... lava rocks. Even the trees grow out of the rocks and lava. Back in the 1870s, John Wesley Powell, the first anglo explorer and surveyor of this area, told Congress that all of this land-the Manifest Destiny-was simply too dry to be farmed. Congress in its wisdom did not want to hear this concept and opened the land for settlement. Most of the development was by the Mormons, who moved here in search of religious freedom. It is, in general ...