Still in Vegas!

Tues 4/15/14

Greg went to bed early last night but I stayed up to see some of the lunar eclipse.  I only made it to 10:30 just as the moon was waning.  I did get up again at 12:30 to catch a glimpse.  Sure enough it was partially covered and it had a reddish/copper color.  We both slept in (I got up after 8 so I guess it was close to 7:30 when Greg got up.)  We decided to find a Sportsman Warehouse to look for new hiking boots before heading up to Bryce Canyon.  It’s funny how 10 miles takes an hour to travel when you’re in the big city!  We are convinced our GPS took us the long way instead of the shortest way.  But we found the store and both got new light-weight hikers AND I got a new pair of hiking socks and a pair of cheap flip-flops.  We then HAD to stop at Walgreen’s so I could get a lounge chair for sun-bathing plus nail polish, magazines, hair bands, a hand held mirror for the sun visor of the RV….. it was my first time “shopping” in a LONG time.  I needed retail therapy badly!!!!!

We finally hit the highway out of Vegas at 1pm.  It’s almost a 4 hour drive to Bryce Canyon and Utah is one hour ahead of Nevada so it’ll be close to 6pm before we get there.  We would still need to look for a campsite and we need to stop and eat lunch at some time!  We decided we’d better stop before we get there and spend the night somewhere.  We thought the town of St. George UT would be a good spot but it was still early in the afternoon when we got there so we drove on up the interstate to Cedar City.  We got a site at the KOA in town with electric hookups.  Arrival time was 6pm (MDT).  We didn’t start dinner until 7 (late for us!).  We had grilled caribou burgers, lentil tabbouleh, mixed veggies, & dinner rolls.  We’re getting up early for the 80 miles trek to Bryce Canyon.  Both campgrounds in the park are 1^st come/ 1^st serve.  The earliest we can get there the better we can snag a site.  (FYI….. this KOA cost 47.00 including hook ups and showers; no discount given for AARP; BUT the best showers EVER!  It was worth the high dollar amount.)

Dinner in Cedar City:  grilled caribou burgers,
lentil tabbouleh, mixed veggies, and dinner roll