Jun 27 2008
Chris got me up this morning at 5:30am. It is Bozeman day, and he is like a kid on Christmas. Usually, I get super annoyed by his early wake up calls, but since it’s his special event day, I tried to keep my calm.
He had it all planned out. We’d leave by six, make a couple of important stops along the way, and arrive at the rally by 9:30. This would ensure that we got a good site, had plenty of time to set up, etc.
Jun 26 2008
Today was a big day in our pilgrimage to Bozeman. We left Jackson in the late morning, and drove through two national parks before reaching our stop for the night. That’s right — two national parks! And not just any parks, Grand Tetons and Yellowstone. Clearly, we are going to have to make a repeat visit to these two amazing places, but we figured we would take the scenic route and see some of their highlights since both parks were literally on the way to Bozeman.
Jun 25 2008
Things on the Bozeman front are looking up. Last night we made our way to a KOA in Pocatello, Idaho. We met a couple Airstreamers who were also headed to Bozeman, and they were normal and cool and calmed my nerves a little. I guess it’s that whole “group mentality” thing.
Jun 24 2008
Today we left Park City with one destination in mind — Bozeman, Montana. Bozeman is the site of the 51st Annual WBCCI rally — Wally Byam Caravan Club International , or club of Airstream owners.
Jun 23 2008
Salt Lake City is one weird place. Granted, we only spent one afternoon there, so my assessment is not fair, balanced or well researched. But during my short stint in SLC, I was basically creeped out the entire time. The city has a very cold feeling about it. We didn’t pass by any shops, cafes or restaurants that I thought looked cute or might want to stop in. It was just very unwelcoming. Again, we only went downtown, so maybe I missed the warm, cozy places, but still, I didn’t like it.
Jun 21 2008
For the last few weeks, we’ve really been in the boonies. At both Capitol Reef and Bryce Canyon, we had to drive 30 miles just to hit a neighborhood grocery store, and I can’t remember the last time we saw a big chain like Walmart or Target. But now that we are in Park City — 25 miles or so from Salt Lake City — we have finally reached civilization. They’ve got everything here — Home Depot, Costco, Linens and Things, and of course Wally-World — so we figured we would tackle a couple of home improvement projects while we had the chance.
Jun 19 2008
Yesterday morning we left Moab and made our way to Park City. Park City wasn’t originally in the cards for us, but Portal RV Resort offered us a 10% discount if we visited their sister resort in Park City, so why not? Also, my desperate pipe dream of getting an RV camping pass to the Telluride Bluegrass Festival (it starts today and has been sold out forever) has officially been crushed, so it’s not like we had anything better to do. Plus the mosquitoes over at Portal were really out of control (Chris is a total bug magnet) so we had to get out of there ASAP. And that’s how we ended up here in Park City.
Jun 16 2008
Today, we finally did it. We made our way five miles out of Moab to visit the pride and joy of Utah – Arches National Park – home of the Delicate Arch you see on the Utah license plate.
Arches is the reason we came to Moab in the first place, but we’ve been having so much fun seeing the local side of Moab with our new friends, Ed and Annette, that we just haven’t gotten there before today.