August 5 – 9 Cedar City, Utah
Cedar Breaks RV Park
One thing’s for sure…..a lot of Utah landscapes really do look the same. With barely a change in the monotonous drive, hey – we recognize that sign! We’ve been through here before – 9 years ago on an epic road trip with our good friends, Jon & Becky Harry, along with Emily Stemmerich in our MINI Coopers…..
Still some miles away from our landing place for several nights, familiar red rocks start popping up here and there. Our bucket list is getting shorter – LOL!!! The elevation change – up and down – really screwed with our ears!!!
We pull into our campground and its only 104 degrees…..we’re hot – the tires are hot – the Sandman is hot and we’re ready to get set up and relax a bit. Unfortunately, it takes a while to cool things down so patience….while we sweat off 5 pounds--------
Excitement is in the air as we have the chance to visit 2 sets of friends that moved to the area from California. Joanie/Craig Berkwitz and Rich Gallup/Carolyne Vincent.
We met Rich and Carolyne near St. George (45 minutes away) for lunch. It was great catching up with them! She has family in the area and California was just too far away so she and Rich up and moved back to the area, earlier this year. When we were all in CA, we would meet them for dinner on Friday nights at the local American Legion which was where Donna’s Dad liked to go. Always a fun time chatting the night away…..
We met Joanie and Craig many years ago through owning our beloved MINI Coopers. We are all avid British car lovers and both owned MINI’s and Morris Minors to putts around in.
They graciously played tour guide as we visited Cedar Breaks National Monument, Bryce Canyon, and Zion. All on our bucket list – Yayyy!!! All three parks are beautiful in their own way.
As it is August, it was quite HOT. However, afternoon thunderstorms seemed to roll in daily to cool things off a bit……
After a long day touring the red rock formations, we went to Milt’s for dinner – a popular place in the middle of nowhere, for Steak and Prime Rib – oh so yummy!!!
They are quite happy in their new neighborhood and have completed moving in – after many trips from Utah and CA and back to get their stuff. It was great to see them and get somewhat caught up on life in general…..
Utah – the Beehive state – neat highway signs…..
Moving on to more exciting things!!!
