The Golf and the New RV Park

First the golf-
A nice 9 hole course with lots of water and sand. Playing the back tees, the first shot is over a corner of the casts into a wide fairway. the green is across the creek and elevated. Most of the greens are rectangular with the shallow part as your landing area. The greens did hold. #4 and #5 are along the river. #4 is a careful tee shot, a fad is the best. A pull is into the woods and a slice is into the water. #3 (par 3), #7 and #8 (par 3) are the only holes without water. From the gold back tees, its something like 3300 yards, par 35. I played the first round from the gold and the second round from the white. Nice fairways and very nice greens though a bit slow for me. I do like them fast. For $10 and $15 plus $10 for a cart, a nice afternoon round.

Now the RV Park-
We moved across the street to an old KOA park. Its called the A/OK RV Park. Full hookups with cable for $20.00 a night. Inquire in the office as they have wifi. The park is large and can handle 45foot rigs. They do have trees along the sides but not in the way. Picknick tables and grills and each site. Its located at the turn to the state park but further down on the right. It is not a resort. And the pool is not open yet. We are going to stay here and get our laundry done (there is a coin laundry in town), batteries watered, tires aired and the inside dusted. We need a wash but thats at another stop. With the oil changed in Moab, we will be ready to go, again.

Green River, UT

We found a jewel here and we like it. We are at the Green River State Park, UT. Its a $15 a day for nothing. But its very nice in a cute little town with cheap gas and so far good food. We had Mexican food at Ben's in town. Having spent two days dry camped in Moab on the dirt, we are on asphalt with a table and green grass and a golf course. They have a dump station and water for the price or $5.00 if thats all you need. Cheap gas is $2.93.9 with diesel at $3.09.9. The rv is full at $2.97.9 but the suv will need a fill up. The station is in town, not at the interstate.

Right across the drive is the #4 fairway and the river is beyond that. This is a $10 a round for 9 holes. I've been told its a championship course but we will see. So far #4 has nice green grass. I will play the course tomorrow for sure. We have found some warmer and drier weather here. This Moab course was one I wanted to play but it rained the 3 days we were there.

There is an old KOA across from us we will move too in a couple of days. Its a $20.00 a day for full hookups and there is lots of room. We need the hookups for our laundry and to get water to clean the rv before we head out. More on the park later.

After much discussion, we have decided to head to Zion NP and skip Bryce NP. We are pretty full of rocks. Our thinking "stops" are BLM at Goblin Valley, Capitol Reef boondocking, Otter Creek , Zion NP (either north or south campground for our 36 foot). From there we will head north toward Boise, ID and then Yellowstone , in July, and be home around mid Sept.

Temp: 71* with sunny skies
Mileage: 67 from our last park
GPS: 38*59.297', 110*9.099', elevation 4100 feet
DW: 130*, 37*, -29*
DTV: zip code 84525

Arches National Park, UT

The place to come to see them. We drove all the to the end which is also the campground. It was full. At Devils Garden, parking was a premium.




























If you are in good physical shape, there are lots more to be seen with a hike. Since I'm not in that good of condition, what I see is from the car and post cards.

The drive was simply spectacular. the scenery along the way was a bonus. We got lots of pics and they are in the links folder.

But enough. Just how many rocks can you pic and see before you have seen enough.

We have moved and are at a new location.

One Year Ago Today

On the US191 to Moab, UT on Sunday. And yes it is inside the rock.

This rock is what gave the town of Mexican hat its name. It looks like a sombrero.

The north bound drive up US191 has a series of grades that start out with under 6% and then there is the 6%. After that there is the 8% grade. None of the distances are very long and with downshifting the tranny into 3rd, the grades are manageable with little braking.

Then there is this 10% grade with the series of 30 mph curves. Its short in distance but the warning sign of the 25 mph right angle curve is there. What we actually had is a single lane bridge and then the curve at the bottom of the hill. Second gear all the way and it was done. We are in the town of Mexican Hat, UT. We do have the western edition of the highway downgrades to guide us as to what roads to not take. UT12 is one we will avoid with its long 10% grades.
We pulled out of the park in Benbrook and headed out for our 06 travels. As of today one year later we had 19,205 visitors to our blog. There has been a daily count as low as 42 and a high of 64. The count when I began this post was 19,214. Thanks for all your visits. Now we will see how high the count will go.

It rained all night and kept me awake for most of it. This morning its 41 with a 30% chance of more rain. With the cloudy skies I'd say we will get our 100% of the 30%. With the rain we will not be moving the rv very far and may not get to do any sightseeing. We want to go to Arches NP to see the arches, but, there is a little hiking involved to see some of them. And there is the problem of parking the rv for the next night.

We did see Arches NP today and will be posting these pics tomorrow or the next time we have an uplink.

We are moving to Green River, UT in the morning and see if we can find a place to stay for several days. If not there then look for the next post as to where we are.

Dry Camped in Moab, UT

Our rv space was for one night only and this morning we had to move. We are now in the overflow area boondocking. We are here because its raining and we can't go anywhere else. We did go and get the oil changed in the rv and suv this morning. Both were due. The cost came to nearly $90. We will probably have another oil change before we get back to home base. And we have wifi while we sit in the mud. No cable but the DTV will more than due. Our cost is $7.58.

We did go to the store and get our food for the next week. And we went to eat at the Branding Iron at the turn off from US191. The steak was the wrong cut, and cheap, and though it was marinated it was not very good. Shirley's chicken strips were good she said. They did serve plenty of food. Our bill was $25.65 plus tip. Go somewhere else for your steak.

We looked at another PA park and it was full. The other parks are $27-$30. Since we are good for 5 days boondocking, we will probably stay here tomorrow night too. As long as the generator usage is no more than 7 gallons of gas, we can park here.

From here we will make our way to Zion and Bryce NP. We have the month of May to get there. Then its all of June to either Boise, IZD or Yellowstone. From there its back to our home base in Sept.

Moab, UT

After a very interesting trip up US163 and US191, we are at the OK RV Park in south Moab, UT. The drive north to Mexican Hat with its 6% and 10% grade and one lane bridge at the bottom of the !0%, there is a 25 mph turn after the bridge or its into the mountain. The road was 12 foot lanes with next to no shoulder and guardrail. Shirley remarked that its scary on her side. I rode the line as much as I could. We have this space 7 for one night and hope to get another spot here for the next two nights.

We have overcast skies with a 50% chance of rain tonight. Its 61 now.


Mileage: 153 from our last stop, $178.01 gas at $2.97.9. Everybody else was $3 to 3.04
GPS:38*31.235', 109* 29.314', 4470' elevation
WIFI: included
Cable: yes
Pastport America park:$12.00