Capitol Reef National Park

 Today, we visited Capitol Reef National Park.  We arrived last night and we stayed at Wonderland RV Park. This is my favorite campground.  It has grass!  It also has a dog park. There are cows, horses and a buffalot in the pasture behind us.  Mom said the showers are clean and they are heated.  It was 40 degrees this morning and Mom appreciated having heat in the shower room. She said the restrooms are clean. We had TV channels which was really the first time in probably three weeks. The wifi is really good too!  We wish we could stay longer than two nights.

Capitol Reef National Park is small and different. There are orchards where you can pick the fruit.  We only saw apples and they were too high on the tree for us to reach.  There is also a store that sells pies and other items. The folks bought a cinnamon roll and pecan syrup.

Here are some photos:

Me leaving the grass and walking on gravel. Hate the gravel.

The brown guy is a buffalo.

This burger and fries is from a food truck called Capitol Burger.  It was delicious!

Our site.  We have a little fence.

Here are photos from Capitol Reef:

Deer in the orchards.

More deer.

We took a drive down a gravel road that was beautiful but scary because the road was so narrow. It was two way traffic.

The folks took a hike to see the pioneer register which was where some of the pioneers in the area carved their names into the rocks.

More Pioneer Register

More Pioneer Register

This is the one room school house that the Morman children that lived in Fruita attended.  It is now part of the park.

As you can see the park is beautiful.  We had a nice time here. The next stop is Bryce Canyon.

Jaxson,

The Greyhound Who Is Recharged With Grass Under His Feet

Oops, We Thought We Were Leaving

 We woke up on Tuesday and planned to head to our next campground. We were all ready to leave Canyonlands RV Park.  We were slow getting up because our next place is just a few hours away.  Mom checked to see the check-in time at the next place and then realized we were not checking in until Wednesday.  She thought maybe they had booked something wrong but then realized we were here until Wednesday. We were kind of disappointed because we were ready to leave.

The folks really couldn't figure out how they wanted to spend the day.  Dad asked Mom if she wanted to eat out or go to a museum.  Mom preferred eating out because cooking in the van is not easy.  She chose to a place called Milt's Stop N Eat.  It has been around since 1954.   Mom loves these type of places.  It was a beautiful day, so the folks chose to walk the two mile round-trip.  

Mom loved that the seating is all outside.  They ordered burgers, onion rings and a coffee shake for Dad and a cherry shake for Mom.  They said it was good.  They did not bring me even a bite.

After they returned home from eating, we took the van to a carwash.  It was an expensive carwash. It was a do it yourself and it still cost us $13.  We are used to under $5.

The McDonald's is hiring here. $19 an hour.  We do not know how expensive a Big Mac is because the dining room is closed and our van is too tall to fit through the drive-thru.

Jaxson,

The Greyhound Who Thinks He Is Finally Leaving Moab, UT tomorrow

Canyonlands National Park and Dead Horse Point State Park

 We went to Canyonlands National Park on Sunday.  Once again we were up at 5 a.m.  Mom as one picture to share today.  You know the story, the rest are trapped on her camera until she has better wifi to get them off.

We do have pictures to share with you from Dead Horse Point State Park.  I was even able to get out of the van and see the sights because it is a state park.  I had a blast meeting people and walking around.

Having a picnic lunch with my folks.

A bride getting pictures taken.

Meeting some other hounds.

Mom and I both thought Dead Horse Point State Park was so much better than Canyonlands.  It is $20 per carload to get in, but dogs are allowed to walk the trails.

Jaxson,

The Greyhound Who Enjoyed Walking at Dead Horse Point

Arches National Park

 We arrived in Moab on a Friday. We took a scenic drive into Moab.  It had a lot of canyons. No pictures because they are on Mom's camera and she is having issues.

We stayed at a campground called Canyonlands Resort and RV Campground. Their map shows they have an off-leash dog area. We assumed they meant a dog park.  It also shows the area in green which lead us to believe they have grass. They do not have a dog park and there is not any grass at all. 😡 We spent four nights there and never even found an area that was marked for dogs.  We met several other dog owners who felt that they misrepresented the dog area.  I hated it there because I do not like walking on gravel at all.  I look like an old man taking each step slowly.  The mornings that we headed to the National Parks, the folks drove me to McDonald's so that I could take care of business on grass.  I had to face the gravel in the evenings, but that was just to get out of the campground.  We would then walk on the sidewalk until we came to grass.  We found some lucious grass not far from the campground.

I never knew that when you went to a National Park, you had to get up early.  We were up at 5 a.m. just to beat the heat and the crowds. We weren't the only ones.  There are a lot of people that got up early to see the sunrise.  We went to Arches National Park twice. We went on a Saturday and a Monday.  On Monday, the folks hiked for two miles to see the world's largest arch.  We were out of the park by 9:25 a.m. and we were shocked to see the line of people waiting to get inside. The sign said the park was closed and to come back in 3-5 hours due to the crowd size.

Here are a few photos from Arches:

This is the largest arch in the world. The rock behind makes it look small but the arch goes all the way across. 

Jaxson,

The Greyhound Who Hates Gravel

Colorado National Monument

 We spent a long day of mountain driving to reach Colorado National Monument.  The folks both agreed that they do not like mountain driving. We didn't have any issues, but Dad said it was stressful.  He used to drive our 45 feet motor home with a Jeep attached through the mountains, so the van should be easy.  He said it left him exhausted though.

We stayed at Saddlehorn Campground in Colorado National Monument.  There are no hook-ups there, but you are allowed to use a generator from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.  We used ours in the afternoon because it was about 90 degrees. It cooled off at night though, so we were fine with our fan.

Here are some photos:

This is just up from our campsite.

Another view from our campground.

Unfortunately, Mom is having a really hard time getting photos uploaded from her camera. The above photos are from her camera.  The wifi is not good and she is almost out of data.  She is not happy.  We have a lot more photos.  We may try to do an update once we are back home.

Back to this place. We actually boondocked here.  There was no electric or water.  They did have flush toliets. We were allowed to use our generator from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and the nights were cool enough that we were fine.

Jaxson,

The Greyhound Who Is Living The Dream