3/9/08

Spring forward and Stuff

It's almost 6:30 p.m. and still quite light outside as opposed to last evening when it was totally dark at 6:30 p.m.. I love Spring Forward day. It's a sign that winter is on it's way out and that's good. We've been outside a lot today trying to soak up as many sun rays as possible.

Hope you enjoyed that. I wish I had a better zoom on my camera, though. It's a little hard to make out the deer at times until they move, but they are there - were there. Actually, we have an older video camera that has better zoom, but it's so BIG - it makes me feel like I'm the Channel Nine News Team camera person.

We're headed to our favorite stomping grounds in the Moab, Utah area for a week where we'll camp in our little RV (you can see it in the video), relax, enjoy the gorgeous scenery, ride our bikes, hike some, eat, play and four wheel drive, etc. Hopefully, we won't freeze as this is one of the only pre-spring visits we've made there. We'll be camping at Dead Horse Point State Park. It's our favorite campground with nicely maintained, large, well spaced apart campsites including electricity for our camper. There are no stores or restaurants close by (Moab is about 20 miles away), so I'm already planning our menus for the week. We'll likely go to town for at least one meal. This next weekend starts the Easter Jeep Safari in Moab. The Red Rock 4-Wheelers club in Moab run the show. They organize trail rides and all sorts of activities. One of the activities in which are are participating, is a drawing for a new Jeep 4 door Rubicon - for me. Now that would be a kick if we won it - but the chances are pretty small. Easter Jeep Safari is a crazy time and that's why we won't be staying in town. There are lots of Jeeps, lots of people and the campgrounds are crowded and noisy. However, it's fun to go and see all of the variously outlandish modifications to vehicles. We've been to the Jeep Safari once before. We're mostly just looking forward to getting away for a bit.

Here's a picture of our rig at the campground from a couple of years back.

As soon as I get the camper organized, I'll make a video tour of it and post it.

It's very cute and cozy with comfortable sleeping arrangements. Although pretty small, it works for us. We have lights, heat, a/c, stove top, a sink with running water, a refrigerator and adequate storage. There are plugs for a little toaster oven and our DVD player. The only thing missing is a bathroom, but we always stay in a place where we have access to one and if we are really lucky, even showers.

I feel like a bear coming out of hibernation. I see I haven't posted anything since late last February. I'll try to do better...........