This and That

Treasure Every Stitch fabric store, our second stop of the morning after locating the post office and mailing four more remnants of ultrasuede!

A wonderful collection of vintage sewing machines (and also fabric)!

But I didn't find anything I need.

However, at the Salvation Army thrift store across the street, I found three zippers and two teaspoons.

 

Found this Packard on one of our trips around town. Groceries and Rite Aid, where Cary found a seat cushion for the truck that we hope will help with his back aches. I will get a picture tomorrow. He already has plans for a modification, which I can do when we set up in Crescent City in a few weeks.

I also did two loads of laundry. Cary was surprised that we needed it "already," because apparently he didn't notice the hamper was full and I do laundry twice a week at home!

Twin Falls to Baker City

We woke up quite chilly in Twin Falls, even turned on the heat! Cary even put on long pants.

These are some of the pictures I took on our drive to Baker City. In no particular order.

 

At one point early in the drive we saw an overturned truck and trailer, several emergency vehicles around them. They were in the opposite side of the interstate from us, but they landed facing the other way. It was very windy with strong crosswinds.

Hard to tell, but this is a woody!

Our RV site at Mountain View RV Park. 

Barley Brown's for supper in town. Lots to do in the next two days.

We sat and read outside after taking a walk around the park. So nice!

  Today was pretty much all about the drive. As we got closer to Salt Lake City, it felt like driving in Los Angeles! We finally got onto the bypass, got a little better. I put the RV park info into the GPS on my phone and proceeded on a trip around the Mulberry Bush--we did finally get here, but oh, my gosh! The woman at the RV park told us that we were not the first to convey that information. She did tell us how to get to Walmart, where we got groceries, an indoor outdoor thermometer and fuel. 

We had lunch at a Subway in a Flying J. This was parked outside when we left.

Nephi

  Nice and very new RV park in Nefi, Utah. Sometime along the road Cary realized that he had left the pressure regulator for the water hose at the Kanab park, so when we got here, he asked the camp host for the location of a hardware store (I had to call because there was a note on the door saying they were out). She told him she had some in the storage compartment of the RV, their temporary office, and she could just charge us. It worked. But it turns out when Cary asked her about the price later, she said it was a gift. Very nice! We did go to Ace anyway and a grocery store.

Isn't this cool? It is a 1961 former Greyhound bus that the guy is restoring.

Had to get a picture of this on our drive to Nefi

 

Sunset, view from our RV spot. Finally cooled off for a walk.

 We drove back to Arizona, just a few miles away, to check out tomorrow's route to Nephi. This was a very interesting museum. I tried taking a few pictures inside--with no luck! I did buy an ornament for our 2021 Christmas tree.

 

Pipe Spring | National Park Foundation (nationalparks.org) for more information.

One of the two grocery stores was open (it is Sunday). The RV park gave us a coupon for a 5% discount at Glaziers, so we got things for lunch and some yogurt for me. Because it is Sunday and pretty hot outside, our choices of activities were limited--good thing we have lots of books.

On the way to Kanab

It was a long, but quite scenic drive from Winslow to Kanab. These are in no particular order, just happy to be able to find them on my laptop!

 

Depressing view of Lake Powell.

We stopped for lunch in Page, found a big parking lot and Cary walked over to the Burger King to get himself some lunch. It was open only at the drive through, so he asked a guy in line if he could order for him and he would give him the money. When the order came, the man told Cary it was his treat! We only hear about things like that on the news occasionally! How nice!

We are now at the J and J RV Park, cooling off and relaxing.

The view from our campground, J and J, in Kanab

Take It Easy RV Park in Winslow

The wide open spaces and colorful rock formations made an enjoyable drive.

  

Lunch at a Subway (we ate in the trailer) at Navajo Travel Plaza, arrived at the RV park around 1:00 Arizona time. 

Our Happy Trails decal is new this trip. It is a tribute to our friend Patti, who was always wishing everyone, "Happy Trails." We miss her but manage to find things all around our house and trailer that she has given us over the years.