We woke up this morning knowing we needed to complete some miserable and mundane tasks like shopping and laundry. Initially, our hopes for fun stuff today were not high. We decided to console ourselves by having breakfast out in a restaurant. We had consulted the staff at Traveland RV Park about good breakfast joints and were directed to the Bluebird Cafe which the staff touted as having good fare, great cinnamon rolls and candy made on-site. Unfortunately, when we arrived we found the establishment does not serve breakfast and does not open for lunch until 11:00. We ate at a nearby spot called Angie’s where the service was excellent and the food was okay. The chicken fried steak I got had a good coating but tasteless gravy and a merely acceptable slice of steak. It was kinda dinky. Peggy stated her veggie omelet was good. We got out for about $30, including tip.
Our shopping then began in earnest as we stopped by the state liquor store. We soon had spent a lot more than the same purchase in California due to being in another western state with punitive liquor laws. Oregon, Idaho and Utah all control liquor sales in state stores and Washington has relinquished control by making merchants extract plainly the highest cost for liquor of any state we have visited. California, due to truly progressive liquor laws, allows sales in grocery stores without price controls. Jack Daniels 1.75 liter bottle costs $30 in CA but almost $50 here. Its $65 in WA. Pesky legislatures.
Our food shopping went well and soon we found we had available time and decided to try a trip up the next gorge south from Logan Canyon where we ventured yesterday. We drove south to a town called Hyrum and then turned east into the mountains up UT-101. Sure enough, here is another scenic extravaganza with the river in the bottom and jagged rock formations forming the steep sides of the gorge. The land around here is called Hardware Ranch and it is beautiful. There is a game reserve at the end of 101 but we saw nothing other than a turkey, some geese, some ducks and a few fishermen. The scenery in this canyon is quite stunning but the road is a bit narrow in places and there is less evidence of springs in the gorge but that won’t stop me from returning here if I have the chance.
During our return, Peggy stopped off and got some new burglary shoes at Big 5. We fueled up Charlotte’s tank and headed for home. I did the usual mirthful activities with the waste tanks and water supplies and Peg knocked out the laundry so we are all ready for departure for points south tomorrow.
We got some photos during today’s travels and you can see them if you click here