Broke camp yesterday and headed out to
Salt Lake City for the night...neither of us slept much. We've been
going to bed about 9:30 PM or so each night while camping. In the hotel it was
well past 1:00 AM and still neither of us could sleep. We must have missed the outdoors...birds, wind, creek running, or just the silence.
The hotel air conditioner wasn't ideal either...while 'on' the room was
drafty, then it would turn off and the room got stuffy. Could not
win.
We left Salt Lake and headed out toward
the Uinta Mountains...on a road between Park City and Evanston, WY
that is closed in winter. Not as spectacular as others we have
driven over the years, but we did find some pretty spots along the
way. We made a list of the many campgrounds and their elevations so
we could decide how high and cold we wanted to stay. Ended up
choosing a fairly new campground called Washington which sits
alongside of Washington Lake at an elevation of 10,000 feet. The
highest elevation we have camped to date until we get to the Snowys' in Wyoming in a
few days. Nice large sites with concrete pads...thank goodness as it turned out.
When we arrived it was warm and
sunny...within a couple of hours we had heavy clouds, thunder and
rain over the next few hours. We spent our time playing
Rummy...Cooper slept. Afterward we took a walk around the lake,
caught sight of a small rainbow and sunset. Tomorrow we hope to get
a hike done in between storms.
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