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Wednesday, July 9, 2008, White Bridge Campground, Utah
Today we continued up the big mountain pass, slowly but surely making progress. Eventually, we conquered the tall summit, 10,500 feet. Close to the summit, we stopped at Cedar Breaks Monument and took pictures- beautiful red sculpted mountains and gorgeous scenery. Coasting down the summit was fun, long, and fulfilling; that’s the reward of the climbs. It wasn’t long before we had coasted down to Panguitch Lake where we stopped briefly for night crawlers and directions to the best fishing campground – White Bridge Campground. We set up camp and then went fishing at the lake where Vicky caught a 17” rainbow trout. By the end of the day, I was pretty greasy and grimy, but there were no showers at the campsite, No problem. There was a sink in the restroom, enough to take a “stealth shower,” something I practiced 25 years ago when bicycle touring in Europe. All you do is wash in stages, keeping on the lookout for approaching restroom patrons who could come in at any minute. With a soapy wet wash cloth you do first the safe parts: hands, face, then dry off; then the arms and legs and dry off and put on shirt; eventually the torso, dry off and put on pants. Voila! I’ve never been embarrassed yet, and it sure beats trying to go to sleep greasy and grimy. Actually, this time I had a lock on the door, so it was not real stealth bathing; there was no danger of being discovered. This practice is not just limited to me. Becky informed me that she discovered another stealth bather in her birthday suit in the women’s restroom. She had forgotten to lock the door, a grave error. 33 miles.