Lessons of Utah

Living in a Rectangle
Lessons Learned:

*A great quilt shop makes one jealous that there is not one like it in our hometown. Draper, Utah Thimble and Treads is fabulous. www.thimbleandtreads.com

*A great knit shop makes one jealous that there is not one like it in our hometown. Blazing Needles Knit Shop  www.blazingneedles.com

*There are two parades a day at an RV park, those going out and those coming in.  It is a weird sort of fun to watch those parades and realize you can recognize the old hands and new hands pulling in and especially those trying to back into a space; one can takes bets on how many tries it will take to get it just right.

*There has yet to be any road or highway without construction cones/barrels and road work ahead signs. Not a single one.

*Rexall drugstores are still going.

*Bottle brush pine trees are the oldest tress in most parks and live a very long time, we saw one they claim is 5000 years old? Who on the tour would argue?

*Pretzels are the perfect snack to take the edge off even if the tour bus says no eating, one can sneak a pretzel into ones mouth. They allow water on the bus so all is good.

*There is nothing like an old fashioned root beer float at The Gem soda shop and restaurant in Panguiltch Utah

*What makes one road a byway and another a high way?

*Rocks on windshield not nice, little red gets plugs again.

*Most fields have bee hives

*On our 33rd anniversary we had Elk lasagna made and given to us by our RV neighbors that were back this year to Elk hunt. It was a special gift and excellent along with our broccoli  and champagne.

*Aspen on either side of the road with little red running between as their leaves flutter at a fast pace feels like crowds waiving and cheering us on down the road.

*We have six “rooms” in The Rectangle— the screen porch area in the front of the coach with the two main chairs, the dining area that can seat 4 for dinner or 6 for cocktails, the kitchen small but gets  the food out, the den with large couch (makes a queen bed), the bedroom and closets, two bathrooms and then there is the outside patio area. Each “room” has its own ambiance and gives separation if only mentally. We have fun letting each other know we are “going to the screen porch area”…or I’m in the den…or dinner now in the dining room

*Sheep are good for wool, meat and stopping traffic on the country road.
*Visiting National Parks in Utah in September; English is the most unheard language in the parks.

*BarBQue in Pangultch, Utah is pretty good.

*Now we are off to Colorado