plans changed! I decided to drive to Jackson and spend the night. My friends had unexpected things to do so I drove my van to Alpine, Wyoming to find that 40miles from Jackson there weren’t any RV spots and if they were available the site would cost $60-100.00.
started the ride following a large herd of sheep. Notice the puppy near the horse – in training! Beautiful country – Oregon Trail! my campsite near Soda Springs, Idaho Soda Creekis is a ve
here I am still in Cub River RV Park outside of Preston, Idaho having a great time. I have made friends with Denise the owner of the park and Gay a neighbor. Yesterday, we drove to Bear Lake- saw both Idaho and Utah lake shore.. I have been offered a job to stay at the park and help out. Life is interesting! We are driving to Jackson Hole tomorrow. This place is close to many amazing areas ! I will be meeting up with Rose & Steven this weekend after helping out this weekend with a full RV park!
Bear LakeConnie, Denise, GayBear Lake ValleyThe beautiful valley!
For the last 10 days I have stayed in a small RV park 9 miles from Preston, Idaho. This family owned business has become an oasis for me. The Cub River runs briskly through the park filled with shade trees, grassy area and a koi pond. Denise the owner is Friendly and all about customer service. I highly recommend this campground! Here are pictures of a nearby area- snowed on the peaks two nights ago!
Cache Mountains Cache Mountains in Idaho campground
After parting with Rose& Steven, I headed AWAY from Salt Lake City to a quiet RV camp. I stayed four nights and got ALL my wash done including bedding. The area was cool with thunder storms and cloud cover. A Mountain Bluebird visited me on a daily basis!
This is the most beautiful Forest! The mountains are lush with flowers that are garden like, all sorts of trees and bushes. Mother Nature sure did good !
Our camp site! A cute horny toadSteven & Rose enjoying the view! look at my picture! breath taking viewsrain is coming ! Little Bryce Canyon
While I haven’t seen much larger wildlife I have been seeing lots of birds and smaller rodent type creatures. Tree Squirrels , chipmunks, and ground squirrels. In Duchesne there were tiny chipmunks the size of a mouse. So cute.
Coming out of the Manti-la Sal National Forest I saw a Jack rabbit – the size of a medium dog with ears almost as big as his body.
Snakes!! At the bottom of the Little Grand Canyon I drove over a snake then in our campsite we watched a 3 foot gopher/ rat snake cross the dirt road to get to Abby. The snake crawled up into the warm motor Where Steven removed the snake. The snake then climbed into a nearby tree. The next morning there was a snake trail from the tree to under my van, MollyG! Luckily we didn’t see any more snakes at this camp!
Rose& Steven checking out the snake. Little snake!
Bugs! Bugs! While we camped along the Delores River in Colorado the gnats were horrid. Large swarms flew near our vans. I think the bugs were bad because of all the COWS! The last night I went to bed and noticed 3-4 gnats flying around my lights. I proceeded to kill several rounds before starting to read. A few minutes later I looked up at my light to see 1000s of all types of flies, gnats, etc. I sprayed them with Terra-Shield which meant I had thousands of bugs plastered to my roof, light and cabinets. The thought of sleeping with all those bugs was frightening. So I got out my portable lantern, turned out the van light and then when the portable lantern was covered in ? bugs, the lantern went outside!
As of 6/6/20, Rose and Steven have gone to Nevada to adventure in Abby. I decided to slow down and continue to enjoy Utah. I stayed in Duchesne, Utah at a campground near Starvation Reservoir and on June 10th moved to a campground along the Cub River 9 miles outside of Preston, Idaho. I will be meeting up with Rose & Steven again to check out Idaho!
I can see a patch of the reservoir! a bit chillyTiny tiny chipmunks, Mountain Bluebirds And all sorts of finches.