would be cooler when we got home.
In any case we left here on Sunday, August 14th about 12 PM
and picked up Route 40 in Golden. We hadn't been over
Berthoud Pass in quite a while nor had we seen Steamboat
Springs in a while. It is a good route, pretty country.
Steamboat continues to grow and as elsewhere has many new
mansions!
Robert spent the day sneezing and coughing. We assumed he
was coming down with a cold. Poor timing, but perhaps it
would be an easy one.
We stopped early and camped just off US40 just west of Sulphur
Springs in a Colorado Wildlife Area. We were both happy to
stop, had supper and went to bed early.
We drove 114 miles the first day, a little better the
second. We went 265 miles the second day; Robert still
sneezing. I've never known anyone to sneeze so much!
We camped north of Vernal, Utah in Kane Hollow in the
Ashley National Forest, off of FR 020. We had a lovely
campsite and all to ourselves. However, there were 3 or 4
small house trailers parked in the hollow, but no sign of
their occupants. I assumed they use them as weekend
retreats even though the camping limit is two weeks. The
area is large and this small section pretty remote so they
could probably stay the summer with no trouble. We walked
around exploring the area and looking to see what we could
see. Later, we hoped to see some wildlife coming to one of
the ponds in the hollow. The ONLY wild life we saw was one
lone steer.
The next day we stopped in Evansville, Wyo to visit Ft.
Bridger. Robert had been there years ago and been quite
impressed. It is now a State Park and we were not
impressed. Perhaps because it was so hot we were less than
impressed. I'm not sure what turned us off for sure, but I
think it was that we encountered the "ugly American" in the
first building we entered. She was very load and very pushy
and seemed very ignorant. She announced, as we entered the
building, that "this young man is staying with us and he's
from Turkey." That was Okay, but everywhere we went they
were right there and the more we saw of the situation the
more sympathy had for the poor young man from Turkey. What
on earth was he going to do for a year living with these
people. I have no idea what school he was planning to
attend, but I certainly hope there will be some bright
lights in the school.
We headed on our way north out of Evansville when Robert
exclaimed that he wanted to go back to a campground he had
seen and stay there for the rest of the day and night. He was
not feeling well at all. We did that. The campground had
electricity and WIFI. I knew he felt bad when he showed no
interest in WIFI. He slept more and seemed to feel better
after supper.
The next day we proceeded on to Bear Lake which straddles
Utah and Idaho. We drove around the lake and had planned to
spend a day there, but the lake was so high all the
campgrounds, picnic areas, etc were under water. We went up
the St. Charles Creek Canyon which is just west of the lake.
We found a lovely Forest Service Camp site in Porcupine
Campground. It was almost empty giving us our choice of
sites. We found a lovely shady site where we could sit in
our lawn chairs and enjoy the scene. Gradually, the
campground filled up, but there were still a couple of empty
sites at dark.
North Fork Campground in the Sawtooth National Rec Area
was our next stop. Robert still sick; we didn't do much except
sleep at this stop. We left about 11 AM and continued on to a
lovely and my favorite campsite along the Salmon River. We could
hear the river gurgling a long even from inside the camper
and sitting in our chairs by the river we could wave at the
rafters ad they went by. The campground was sparsely
populated and very quiet, except for the river. I was sorry
to leave this lovely spot the next day. But, there are so
many lovely spots I was sure we'd be in another one soon.
The next site was on US93 and called Twin Creeks; our site
was right along one of the creeks although a little ways
from and above the creek. It became evident as we hiked to
the creek that the forest was dying. Dead trees everywhere.
It was impossible to hike along the creek because of the
fallen timber. This was a Forest Service campground, but
the Forest Service just lets the fallen trees stay where
they fall. I hoped we would make it out of the forest
without another tree falling.
It became clear the next day that Robert was not getting
better, had no energy and camping just wasn't fun. We
decided to pack it in and head for home. We arrived home
yesterday at about 6PM.
Today he saw Dr. Haimes and was told that he has a virus
and was given an Rx for eye drops (his left eye is a mess)
and he might take an OTC antihistamine and just live
through it.
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