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Monday, July 7, 2008, KOA Campground, Cedar City, Utah
Today I slept in till 8:30, which was nice. Since I was the first one up, I wandered over to the laundrymat and read an interesting article on memory in the National Geographic. Shortly thereafter, Gloria arrived with dirty laundry, and while we were waiting, a camp worker warned us about the hard climb ahead. When everyone was up, we decided to go back to that amazing gas station, Mavericks, and get some more snacks. I videoed the 40 different drink dispensers to show the folks back home. We stayed about 45 minutes eating various snacks before heading over to the library. I updated this blog while everyone else read. After the library, I dropped everyone off at the pool; then Becky and I rode the tandem to the bike shop to have the derailer and gears adjusted. We stopped at a hardware store and I bought some pipe insulation to put around Becky’s handlebars to absorb some of the shock. When we rode back to the camp, Mama had some hot stew ready. Later Becky and Adriana rode back to the library as the rest of us relaxed. When Becky and Adriana came back, we all drove up the mountain on hwy. 14 to see what was in store for us tomorrow. What a beautiful drive! At first it looked like the Sierras; then at Cedar Breaks Monument, we saw an immense red canyon. We arrived just at sunset, so we saw it in all its splendor. When we finally got back, it was already late, but we still needed to go to Walmart for supplies. We got some real bargains-liter sodas 67 cents and rotisserie chicken for $3.98. By the time we left, it was 11:45 pm. After eating the chicken back at the campsite it was 12:30 am – too late for an early start tomorrow.