Hampton Inn Richfield, Ut

So after a cold morning filling ourselves with extremely delicious hashbrowns and eggs (and onion, and tomato, and avocado slices- to answer any questions as to whether or not we are eating well) we decided to hit the road towards some hot springs that we had heard about. Thinking of taking the straightest route, we decided to hit route 29 to get there. It looked like a small road, but the sun was shining and we were ...

... The lake beds were much wetter in past ages, with streams and much more lush plants and many animals that the Indians used. As I continued on my way, I passed a seep area on both sides of the highway - not a lake or a pond, just wet on top of the ground. And yet, the vegetation is dry and stunted, and it's hard to see how any cows can survive in this country. It's also very lonesome, with very few cars passing by me, either coming or going. One could ...

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 ...

... 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.

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! <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

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 ...

... information that the camp hosts had given MJ and he'd only half taken in. The roads are two-lane, flat and empty. We just drove and eventually came across these lava flows from now dead volcanoes which are like huge lumps of black/red coal about 20-40 feet high in long ridges. Very spectacular. We drove on and came to a dirt track - still a good surface, now completly lost but pressed on based on the assumption that "it must go somewhere". Quite ...

... UT. I would update with pictures (Heather went nuts again and took some amazing shots from the back of Mike's bike), but the Internet is not working in the hotel. We plan on getting up early so we can get to Reno tomorrow night and hang with Cory and the insta-family.... Side note - Rick's height/mountain phobia got the best of ...

... nowhere. After the rain storm we had to make a 100-mile detour because of rock slides, which took us back up on I-70 and then down into the Moab area, which is the location of the Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and the Dead Horse Point State Park. For those who are following carefully, you will notice that we are only about 3 hours south of our first blog entry in Vernal, Utah. When we leave here we head south into Arizona through ...