We were lazy today. Late rising, long coffee time and a good breakfast almost killed the entire morning. We fabricated a list of groceries we needed and drove down to the local Waldo-Mart where we found all the stuff we wanted plus some cords for recharging phones and Kindles and other fancy electronic gizmos.
I led the charge on dumping the tanks and getting prepared for our early departure tomorrow. We would like to get out of Vernal as early as possible since right away we have an 8300′ pass to go over followed by a long drive through wrinkled Wyoming terrain on our way north to I-80. By mid-day, it can get pretty hot here and we would prefer to let Charlotte do the climbing in cool weather.
Vernal turned out to be a very nice small town. The RV park was nice and shady, Dinosaur NM and Flaming Gorge are nearby and the terrain around town is quite striking. Downtown Vernal has the entire main drag lined with posts and pots full of glorious flowers. There seems to be quite a bit of wildlife and we found a good Mexican restaurant. Not bad for a tiny place like this.
It was pretty boring today so we didn’t take any photos although we could have snapped a few at WalMart. I wonder if I look as strange as some of the shoppers there. I sure hope not.