It was a long day 3 in the car but we made it to our first destination; Dead Horse Point State Park in Utah , outside of Moab . On our way here we decided to take another ‘scenic’ route up through Rocky Mtn. National Park in attempt to drive through Trail Ridge Road from Estes Park to the western Rockies and back down to I70. It was quite a detour but well worth the extra gas and time. When we first arrived to the visitor center, the road was closed due to snow but there were hopes to open it soon so we spent some time taking pictures, climbing small trails and admiring the wildlife of elk, deer and the cutest little chipmunks. After an hour or so, the road opened and we began our ascend through the top of the Rockies with an altitude of just over 12,000 feet. The snow was piled up at least five feet high in some areas so of course we had to get out and play for a few minutes. I have to admit I was pretty scared the whole ride because of the massive snow piles to one side and cliffs on the edge of the road with no guard rails on the other. I took the wheel after getting out of the park and to my luck, it started hailing on Steveos car and let me say he wasn’t happy. After a long day of driving, we pulled up to the campgrounds to find that the visitor center (where we check in) closed at 5. But I do have to say we called earlier to make sure we could check in and they said until 10 pm. After driving around to find cell phone reception, we finally made the call and they said to just go ahead and go to our site and they will check us in at 8:30 , what a relief. Since we haven’t had showers since Sunday night, we thought that should be the first thing on our list. I unpacked all the soaps, shampoos and conditioners but the soap exploded everywhere in the ‘hygiene’ bag. No problem right? I’ll clean up everything while I’m in the showers. Wrong! There are no showers so now were going on 4 days without showering. But hey, we have wet wipes, deodorant and body spray so it’s all good. After all the ups and downs throughout the day, we managed to roam around the campground and see the most spectacular views imaginable. I have to say, God is creative. The views here are unreal; words can’t describe them and pictures can’t capture them. We then headed back to camp to cook up some gourmet food, Ramen Noodles. Tomorrow we will attempt our first real hike out west in Canyonlands NP.
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Tell Steveo Jacob just got his unicycle from UPS(His birthday was Tuesday) and put it together and is about beside himself with anticipation of conquering it. He had to mow the yard first and towards the end of the task the bottom fell out. Pouring rain and thunder and lightning. So the two of us are in the house and I am reading your blog out loud for entertainment and interest as he is doing practice exercises he saw on an instruction u tube and rocking back and forth in my kitchen. We are so glad you guys are safe and having a great time pioneering. It sounds like so much fun.So many neat possiblities. Jacob says "What about that blond moment with the cows??" :)
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