I noticed that I accidently posted duplicate pictures on my previous post.   Not sure what happened.  Oh well, I loved the Tetons so much it never hurts to see it more than once.  LOL

When we left Wyoming we circled back to Utah. We were wanting to go to Mt Rushmore next but the campground was not available for the days we wanted. So we decided to cover Utah and Colorado now instead of waiting till the trip home. We stayed at a great camp right on the beach of Bear Lake in Northern Utah and spent a couple days exploring the area.

When we left Bear lake we stopped by the Salt Lake and were going to get in the water. However the bugs were so bad that day that we couldn’t get close. So Tony never did get to feel the experience of floating. Since he sinks in the water I was hoping that we could find a place to get in the water, but it didn’t happen. This stop made us late to our campground for the night. When we got there at 9:30 PM it was so dark we could hardly see to find a spot. The nice caretaker came out with a flashlight and led us to a spot that was long enough for the RV and trailer. So thankful for his help.

Our next destination was Moab Utah, home to two National Parks, Arches and CanyonLand. We missed these parks on a previous trip through Utah and I was really looking forward to seeing them. We spent a whole day driving through Arches in the desert heat. I got a severe sunburn on my right arm which took forever to heal. Despite that we really enjoyed to scenery at this spectacular park. If you ever get a chance, make a trip there to see the fantastic rock formations. Due to the sandstone and the desert rains, the scenery is forever changing. They have heavy rain and flash floods even in the summer. We were unable to make it to part of the park because part of the road had been flooded from a previous days rain. We did experience the wild thunderstorms that they frequently have there. The lightening and thunder just did not stop. I tried to get a picture of the lightening but was not very successful. However, I did enjoy God’s light show. I sat by the back window of the RV and watched for the longest time. The next morning the ground was dry and out we went again.

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e enjoyed a wonderful Sunday service in an Assembly of God church and even stayed for potluck afterwards. Had a great time with the pastor there and he suggested that we go to see Dead Horse Point. The story is that horses were put on this beautiful spit of land high above the canyons. There was only a narrow road getting to this point that the men blocked the path so the horses could not get out. For some reason they were unable to get back to free the horses and the starved to death when down in the canyon they had food and water. Such a sad sorry but a really spectacular view. Just take a look at the pictures and you can see why they could not get to the water.

The next day we took a boat tour of Canyonlands National Park which was almost directly across the road from Arches. We had such a good time on the boat and took some many fantastic pictures. There was a spot where there were writings on the canyon wall. Also they allow rock climbing in spots and we actually watched someone on the mountain. It was much cooler on the water so we were thankful we had decided to pay for the tour. However, things came to a grinding halt when we ran out of gas on the boat. The previous guide that used the boat was responsible for gassing the boat and he forgot. So we got to sit for a while and wait for another boat to come to our reascue. Then we had to climb from one boat to the other. What a difficult thing for me to do and I was terrified that I would not be able to make it. However, they were so nice and made it easy for us to transfer. So catastrophe averted and we were once more on our way back to shore. Praise God. Then the best blessing of all! Even though we were over 3/4 of the way through the tour they refunded all the money except for the included dinner which we enjoyed very much.

After we finished our dinner we went out to get on the bike and the rain started with a  vengeance.  We were drenched rather quickly so went back under the patio covering to wait out the rain. A native of that area told us that the rain should stop in about 15 minutes so we waited. Sure enough it did stop so we were able to make it back to camp before getting thoroughly drenched. That evening God gave us another light show with sound effects. The thunder and lightening went on for hours. Really strange to see so much rain and the days are over 90 degrees. The bad side is that it was really humid the next day but the sun came out and dried everything out quickly. So on to Colorado we went.

Thanks for reading my blog.  I have had so much fun putting these posts together.  Talk to you again soon.