Day 19 Tuesday 7/09

The only abnormal part about the morning this time around was my computer deciding it wanted to do a diagnostic of itself and thus be useless for about an hour and a half. But once that was out of the way it was a perfectly normal morning.

Well almost normal, parents decided to run to the local store for some items while me and sister stayed back and relaxed/got ready. And then when they got back and had put way the items it was into the Van and off to explore a national park…though hikes.

The first hike we did was a little under a mile, and next to a stream. It was a good hike, and left room for me and dad to do a bit of stream hoping and risk taking, love it.

We did some driving and then a second hike, this one around 1.5 miles give or take .2. It was in a forest area this time and had some ups and downs, not bad really, the quiet that you could get was nice.

Once those were out of the way it was back to the RV for some lunch and taking care of pets. We probably stayed at the RV a bit longer than we needed to but eventually we got off our butts and was back in the Van to go off to one more hike.

This last hike was a killer. It was a 1.5 mile give or take as well, the difference was that it was up and down a cliff, not a sheer cliff no but you get the point. It was first down some switch backs and into a canyon and then a bit of walking into another canyon and to even more, a LOT MORE, switch backs this time going up. It damn near killed have the family, and the rest…well we were jumping between “we’ll hurt tomorrow” and “Oh I feel good.”

We had time to figure it out and rest as we drove around in the Van some more, did a few stops and eventually went and got dinner. And then even MORE driving in the Van, eventually though we came back to the RV.

And when we did we sadly found out our mutts problem had come back. He had dropped his liquid crap in the RV, and it does not smell good. So we got a few things taken care of and then settled in for the rest of the evening/night.

Tomorrow is more driving in the Van, this time for a different park. Oh goody…….HELP!

Typed July 9, 2013

Day 18 Monday 7/08

Morning is morning around here, what can I say? The only difference from normal is our pets and the exact happening…and well we are without Grandma now.

But anyways, it was a “normal” morning around here. We even got on the road at a normal time. And then came the drive through a desert. And while driving in said place we had to listen to an increasingly annoying noise come from the door. What sound you ask? Why the sound of air rushing past the door through some hole or something and thus creating the noise of a motorcycle. It really is annoying.

Though sadly, our drive was not uneventful. One of the dogs decided that his digestive track would grind us to a halt. We had to do a quick pull over and let him out to relieve what we think was his diarrhea and for a dog, that is not a good thing at all. We had to wait several minutes for him to finish up, and then we were back on the road, wondering all the while what is cause this to our dog and how can we fix it.

Sadly he did not last long, we had to stop and pull over at a different spot and repeat. The amazing thing about this one was that we were less than twenty minutes out from our next stop, a gas lunch stop as it would turn out to be. And like always after we were done, it was back to the road.

The next time we stopped would be much later down the road, at a place we planned on staying the night. No luck, they were full, so we kept on driving. Eventually we came across another campground and tried them for an open spot. Thankfully this one was open, so we hoped into a spot and got the RV situated

And when the RV was situated we did a few other things and then it as into the Van for a bit of exploration. And then we came back to the RV to get ready for dinner and do a few other things as well.

But eventually we had to leave again, to get to a presentation that we wanted to see. It ran a tad late, but it was alright and when done it was back to the RV to finish up our day.

Tomorrow the RV will be staying in the same spot but we will be traveling around in the Van and exploring the nearby Park, which will be a LONG thing. So I get to be bored out of my skull again, and dragged along for several hikes, hip. So if you want to knock on wood, please do it for my sake.

And PS. The Internet here Sucks!

Typed July 8, 2013

Day 17 Sunday 7/07

What new can I say about wake up anymore? Well I can say that dad was up long before I was, Why? Simple, he had to drop grandma off at the Airport, she went back home today, meaning there is one less person traveling with us and in this RV.

Like always it took a bit for all to wake up, but even still we actually managed to leave camp earlier today, before 9 rolled around by several minutes. Though sadly we only went about a half hour up the freeway before we decided to stop for some gas. And as always we soon got back on the road.

After a good long while on the road we decided to stop for lunch, and it just so happened to be at a little spot on the side of the road, but hey who am I kidding, it got us food! As you can tell, I was hungry at the time.

And then when we had finished up our lunch we hoped over to a nearby gas station and filled up our gas tank. It was a short fill up that had us back on the road in no time.

The drive….I don’t know why but I swear it was more boring than normal. Then again…a lot of these drives are boring, the best I can usually do is just sit and wait. But eventually we had to stop for gas…again. What can I say this RV is a gas guzzler, the fact that it can go several hours without a refill just says how big the tank is.

Once done with gas, we had to a bit down the road for where we were staying for the night…..hm….haven’t I said that before? Well we got there a little bit before five. We are in Utah by now, but thankfully I don’t have to worry about time changes, not for several days at least.

After a bit we got the RV into a spot and the whole settled down for a nice night stay. With that done, it was evening as usual around here, it is nice when that happens. Eventually we had our dinner and the adults decided to go for a walk after that, while me and sister relaxed. But other than that it was a relaxing night.

Tomorrow is yet another travel day, I hope you’re knuckles haven’t gotten bruised yet because we still need you to do that knocking for us, if you do, we will.

Typed July 7, 2013

Day 16 Saturday 7/06

Sadly I forgot to type this when I had the time again, so I am going to try and keep it short.

Wake up was normal around here, once up it was into the Van for a crap ton of driving. Most of said driving was in a park so there was a lot of stopping for photos and at one point lunch. But eventually we got through the whole thing, had dinner then came back to the RV.

And as always, once back at the RV it was relaxing and doing what not. Tomorrow we plan to be on the move again, don’t know how much I just know we are. So if you want to start knocking on that wood again go ahead, we still need it.

Typed July 6, 2013

Day 15 Friday 7/05

So….I’m running out of ways to start these things off. But that happens when you do this on a day to day basses. Well anyways woke up at seven again, and relaxed my way through the morning. And like always, the family all got up in time and we got the RV ready.

Sadly I was an idiot again and forgot to have this going when we left, so I can’t say when we left real easily but it would be safe to say we left close to nine like we normally do.

Before we left completely though we got to have a conversation with…someone from the campground. Apparently our light pole that we have attached to the flag pole we put up had become the talk of the campground of sorts. It was cool knowing that but it was still nice when we got on the road again and were on our way.

Amazingly it wasn’t even twelve when we arrived at our stop for the day. And like the last stop we plan on being here for a few days, but given we are here This early…well I don’t know what to think by this point. Alright correction, we were not stopping by then, Don’t ask why I wasn’t getting clarification thanks to having an angry sibling.

Our next attempt to stop at a campground was near 12:30. This one we were able to get a spot, so we soon got ourselves into a spot and got the RV situated.

But then we hoped into the Van and went for a drive…a very long drive. A drive in which we decided to go a “nearby” national park, explore a bit. And then have Dinner, drive a bit more then spend several hours at an observatory and look at the stars. And then right back to the RV.

By the time we got back it was late, hence the shortness of the explanations of the day’s events. I am not really in the mood to type up a long thing right now so I am trying to keep this as short as possible.

So tomorrow we got even more driving in the Van, much of the same as today, very long and very boring. But I will try and tell you what happens. Now…goodnight…

Typed July 5, 2013