I was up shortly before 5:00 a.m. and the news and weather showed I-15 (highway) dry. It was about 32F (freezing) but Bear and I went for an early walk and the ground and asphalt was dry. I had breakfast, did a bit of work and prepped to leave.

The weather had other plans.

Not just wind and snow, but the on-ramp I was to use was a “sheet of ice” per the news. It was closed briefly for the ice and a resulting accident.

I worked some more.

We finally left at shortly before 11:00 a.m. with a revised destination of Pocatello, Idaho.

From the road:

I couldn’t take a photo until we were through Salt Lake City traffic. SLC was not horrible and there was only ONE area of construction – RECORD!! A little wind at the beginning, but thankfully, it calmed before the worst traffic.

A little bit of Great Salt Lake.

Almost to Idaho…

Idaho!

Snow near the road…SO pretty.

About 20 miles before my planned exit, I saw signs for a KOA that hadn’t come up on my search. On a whim, I pulled off and looked it up. It was Lava Hot Springs KOA, about 16 miles from the exit. The online KOA info said it was open all year. I phoned, but got a recording. I decided to go thinking that at the worst it would be a 32 mile trip out of my way.

It was a 20 mile trip out of my way.

At about 10 miles, I received a return phone call – only cabins were open at the KOA, not RV spots. I said I only need power, but they said no.

The road was so beautiful, I almost went all the way just to see the setting, but light was getting low so I turned around and continued to my original destination: Pocatello’s Cowboy Mobile Home and RV Park.

I’ve stayed in some kind of awful mobile home/rv combination spots, but this spot is very nice. It is a newer mobile home park with nice wide streets and the rv park part is laid out well also. We are in a very pleasant spot for tonight.

Bear, Auggie and I are all well.

A pot of water is on the stove for spaghetti and sauce is ready to be warmed. I have spicy slaw and bread for garlic bread.

If the weather cooperates, we’ll head to Dillon, MONTANA!!! in the morning.

***BONUS – Great cable tv here so…I am ready for some football – Monday night football!

It was a day!

Daily bread.

Cranberry Jalapeno Salsa … upper left. And I used some of the remaining red pepper, jalapeno and apple in a cabbage slaw.

After the morning’s baking/food prep, Bear and I headed for a walk path I saw yesterday. It looked like the path headed to a spot to see Utah Lake.

But.

The road and the path are asphalt. It rained a LOT yesterday and went just below freezing overnight. I live in Montana. I know about black ice. I SHOULD have known.

No problem with the Jeep, but I unloaded Bear, had my camera around my neck and then went striding off to the path…and promptly was flat on my back on the asphalt. I took inventory before getting up. Meanwhile, Bear did a “Bambi” sprawl. We both recovered and got to our feet.

My camera…the UV filter saved the lens…more on that later.

We made our way carefully to the walk path which was dry.

We walked to a spot where the lake was visible and then the path got icy so we turned around.

The scene of the fall…

Back to the motorhome and I took some Advil as a precautionary measure, but I feel fine.

On we go.

I hope Auggie is doing some of my work.

The camera.

The UV filter ($20) is history. I was able to get a replacement, BUT…I cannot get the damaged filter off the lens. The filter was probably slightly dented and it will just not undo. I’ll take it to the shop when I get home. Meanwhile, I have a different lens on the camera and all is well.

Better news…the Cranberry Jalapeno Salsa was excellent and much enjoyed as I watched some Sunday football.

Sunday in Provo.

***My current “plan” is to roll north at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. If all goes well and I feel up to it, I’ll try for Dillon, MT for tomorrow. It will be a longish day but I’ve had 2 days rest and am ready to be back in Montana.

Moab and I did not really get along. It is not all Moab’s fault.

Moab is a tourist town.

BUT – except for Arches National Park (Bust for Bear and me), I did not really explore out of town. I think there is more, but the whole “canyon” thing felt a bit claustrophobic to me. I’m more of a mountain person.

The RV “Resort” was not very “resort-y”. I was in the “cheap seats”, but I did get a look at the other side…tight spots with the main difference being the “resort/owner’ area was on concrete pads vs gravel. Still…tight pad sites. AND, this morning – thinking I’d do a load of laundry…the “cheap seat” area laundry room had all of 3 washer/dryers and they were the small versions. Odd.

At any rate, I had no problem moving on.

Green River.

Mesa or ??? … beautiful!

After setting up in Shady Acres RV Park, Bear and I headed out for Goblin Valley RV Park which according to my GPS was less than 1 mile away.

BUT.

The GPS location pointed to a residential area.

We gave up and went home for a walk around the RV park…a GREAT walk as there appear to be nothing but working folks here and so far no other canines.

BUT !!!

Apparently Goblin Valley is not a myth…just because we could not find it.

But it was reported to be red rock hoodoos and as we have seen plenty of red rock…

Onward!

The mesa from our spot.

Bear and Auggie checking out the current surroundings.

So much to see.

Evening out my dinette window.

Day is done in Green River, Utah.

Good morning, Moab!!

As noted in yesterday’s post, we stayed in Moab for today.

Oh…the furnace is working. I had wondered if it would work after moving the motorhome. I tested it after getting propane and gas in a South Fork, CO rest stop. It worked. It worked all night in Cortez and last night, here in Moab. I did some reading on altitude and furnaces and others have had similar experience…BUT 3 years ago, it had no issue at my folks. And the spot I tested in South Fork was at similar altitude of my folks house.

A mystery which will probably not be solved until Bob of Billy Bob’s RV in Kalispell has a look. Meanwhile, all is good and WARM in Wild Thing.

More morning in Moab.

Bear and I did an early run to a market for a few items.

Then I worked.

At lunchtime, we headed to Arches National Park. The entrance is 3.5 miles from the RV Park.

Lots of red rock…

…and more red rock.

My favorite, though was the view of La Sal Mountains – a wide open vista and snow covered mountains.

Red Rock.

Bear and I are lousy tourists. Especially in National Parks which are not pet friendly. But, we walked in 2 turnout spots – carefully.

And then, both of us having had enough of red rock, we turned around and went home to Auggie.

Barring bad weather, after a late morning meeting, we move 54 miles to Green River, Utah tomorrow (Thursday).