We had a relatively short drive today, just about 100 miles, to our next destination.
Along the way, we stopped in the very small town of Green River, UT to pick up groceries. Before leaving Goblin Valley, we dumped and made sure we had full tanks of water, as the next place specified that they did NOT provide any.
So here we are at Dead Horse Point State Park, about 35 miles from Moab. We are just outside the entrance to Canyonlands National Park. This was a tough site to reserve: When I looked for a site, back in May, there was only one available, and it said it could accommodate up to a 24-foot unit. Ours is 25. So I called on the phone and spoke to a ranger who said "no problem". And it is a small site, but we managed to get in, along with some space to park the car. It has junipers along the side, providing quite a bit of privacy, and it comes with a covered picnic table with wind-break. The downside is that they are renovating the campsites, so there is much construction activity, and our site has obviously been worked on by a tractor or Bobcat of some sort: piles of red dusty dirt on one side and much of the previously-graveled area is now just dusty dirt.
Of course, Ranger is very happy to lie in the red dust, and he is filthy; his legs are all red, as was the tip of his nose, before I wiped it off.
Once set up, we had lunch, then left Ranger in air-conditioned comfort while we toured the visitors center of the state park and then drove to Canyonlands. We watched the movie and picked up print materials to look over, to decide how we want to spend the day tomorrow.
Grilled pork chops for dinner.....Ranger and Dan saw a kit fox while doing an after-dinner walk around the loop of the campground....now just relaxing. So nice to have electricity again though given the shortage of water out here, there are no showers for campers. We have plenty of water, so it will be sponge baths for the next couple of days.
Still hoping to post photos soon, but this wi-fi is just too weak for it today.
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