From: wolverine01@charter.net   
      
   On 2/23/2025 10:14 AM, Ted Heise wrote:   
   > On Sat, 22 Feb 2025 09:00:23 -0600,   
   >    sticks  wrote:   
   >>   On 2/20/2025 7:12 AM, George.Anthony wrote:   
   >>> sticks  wrote:   
   >>>> OK, Bill.  Let's get something going.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Planning on going west middle of April or thereabouts.  What   
   >>>> I'm interested in is places you've stayed at and liked in   
   >>>> Utah.   
   >   
   >   
   >> < you could spend a month in Utah visiting the Mighty Five   
   >>> national parks and the state parks. I can’t help much with   
   >>> flat spot camp grounds or hiking trails. I have limited   
   >>> mobility so I am limited to mostly “glamping”.  I have been to   
   >>> all fifty states and driven and camped in all of the lower   
   >>> forty-eight and a few Canadian provinces, eh. If you want   
   >>> specifics about a particular place I may be able to help.   
   >>   
   >>   That is the area we're going as soon as I get well enough from   
   >>   the shoulder replacement.  Been there before, but not in the   
   >>   RV.  Stayed n hotels or resorts.  What I don't want is those   
   >>   campgrounds where you're all packed in like sardines.  But I   
   >>   also am a little leery about parking the thing out in the   
   >>   middle of nowhere seeing as there are so many weirdos walking   
   >>   around the country with nothing better to do than fuck with   
   >>   people.   
   >   
   > We spent a couple of weeks in southern Utah last March, the sights   
   > were awesome.  Most of our camping was in commercial CGs--they   
   > mostly were not full, but by April they might be.  One exception   
   > was Kodachrome Basin State Park.  Sites were reasonably spaced,   
   > though none were remote.  They have electric and water, no sewer   
   > hookups at sites.  One downside is it's a good bit from the   
   > nearest highway (maybe 10-15 minutes?).   
      
   Heh, that sounds perfect.  Will look into this one for sure.   
      
      
   > One of the things we really enjoyed was Red Cliffs Lodge.  We had   
   > a table at a north facing window and got a glorious extended view   
   > of the cliffs lighting up with reflection of the sunset.   
   > Amazing.  And there's a fascinating museum in the basement, with   
   > memorabilia from the movies filmed in the Moab to Monument Valley   
   > area.  Over a hundred.   
      
   > One day we took a drive up the river past the lodge, then looped   
   > back and went east into Castle Valley and then up through the La   
   > Sal mountains.  It was gorgeous, though a bit nerve wracking.   
   > There was still a lot of snow--the road was mostly plowed but   
   > there were narrow places where my fear of heights really kicked   
   > in.   
      
   I can really relate to that.  Even though we've got this Bronco which is   
   much shorter wheelbase than my F-150 super cab with the 6 1/2' bed on   
   it, I still don't know if I can actually do those type of crazy roads.   
   I just don't have much stomach for it anymore, and the heart really gets   
   to pounding.  I wasn't much good at heights when I was young, though I   
   found a couple beers took the fear away at the time.  Sounds like   
   insanity to me now and I guess I would probably just turn around.  We'll   
   see how it goes once we get there.   
      
   Thanks!   
      
      
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