Today we spent most of the day in a hellish pursuit of reservations at RV parks for the near future. It is always a pain in the neck but we are reluctant to travel without them because it is disappointing to arrive at some RV park after a long drive only to find the park has no room and the driving is not over. For instance, we wanted to visit Capitol Reef National Park in Utah but a call to the three RV parks in Torrey indicated some group of upscale motor home campers had bought out every space available. There are no other parks in the park’s vicinity within 50 miles or more. Maybe we will visit Capitol Reef on some other trip through this area.
Our other task for the day was to fuel up the truck. Although we have been in Fort Bridger before, we have never driven east from our park and, fortunately, we had to go that way to get diesel. East of our park is a section of stunning badlands called the Uintas that we had clumsily never noticed before. We also spotted an abundance of wildlife on our 4 mile trip to the gas station. There were some bison, a deer, two sandhill cranes and a bunny. I guess we will have to return here on our next journey because we are scheduled to depart Wyoming and head into Utah tomorrow.