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Friday, July 11, 2008, Hitch N Post Campground, Panguitch, Utah
I got up early and caught 10 trout that we fried up for breakfast. Then we had our Bible time and rode off to Panguitch. It only took about an hour to get there because it was mostly downhill. Nice small town of just over 1,000. Lots of motels and even a library where I updated the blog. Nice campsite, but it charged $10.00 extra for all the kids, $25.00 a night, but it had nice showers and a Laundromat. After showering we all headed to the library. This is the first town I’ve noticed that has eastern Southern style brick houses. Nice. After the library, we went to the only grocery store- expensive so we bought only bread, milk, hot dogs, some fruit, and a can of spaghetti sauce. Oh, and some ground beef and sausage for the spaghetti sauce. It had already started raining a little bit when we got back to the campsite. I ended up cooking the spaghetti under some trees for shelter; then dumped the whole pot over in the dirt as I was tipping it over to drain the water. So I scooped what clean noodles I could and washed the rest off in the sink in the boys’ bathroom. The kids didn’t know the difference, looked like spaghetti sauce. We ate it in the car. The tent was soaked outside and some water was seeping in at various places leaving puddles and soaking John’s and Vicky’s sleeping bags, which we had to dry out in the Laundromat. We stretched out in the rain fly as much as possible but water still came in. We just hoped it would stop raining so that we could sleep dry until we could buy a large tarp to put over the top. We’ll definitely need it as we head into the Midwest where there are lots of thunderstorms. After our Bible time, we went to bed, all but Becky, Adriana, and maybe some other who usually stay up late writing in their journals. 13 miles.