We made it to Thompson Utah this Saturday afternoon, it was a short drive of 144 miles some things of note, on the highway was a sign that said watch for eagles on the road and the speed limit is 80. Our campground (Ballard Rv Park) is about a mile north of I70 in a plot in the middle of BLM (Bureau of Land Management aka public) land. Originally they only had a spot open for Saturday but when we got here some road workers finished up and moved out so we got a spot for 2 weeks at $166 a week. That is a bargain for this area, we are about 30 miles from Arches National Park and 35 miles to Moab, if you try to get anything close to the Park or Moab you are looking at minimum of $60 to $110 a DAY! From here we can visit Arches and Canyon Lands along with Dead Horse State park and all of that is within about an hour. We are surrounded by gorgeous mountains. This park has about 30 spaces all full hookup and some cabins/tiny houses for rent. Nothing fancy and just the basics which is just how we like it, they do have wifi but it is not very fast at all but its something. Air channels are not even thinkable here LOL, way to far from any city.
Yesterday afternoon we took a short drive through part of Arches park and we are just amazed at the wind shaped sculptures. I downloaded an app for Arches/Canyon Lands that is a driving tour. I got some quick pics and have pictures below, a lot of them are from right around our campsite.
Thompson is an old town I guess and is mostly deserted of any businesses but signs still stand or hang, there was a cafe and an hotel, I will get some pictures of those before we leave. I then found on the google maps, the road we are on pretty much ends at the railroad tracks which by the way Amtrak trains run on or some passenger train. Beyond that is mostly BLM land but it appears by google that there is still some pavement left that leads to an old ghost town and some Petroglyph type drawings on the walls of the Canyon, they are called Sego Canyon Rock art. Definitely going to that!
Nights are really dark here since there are not lights in the campground to speak of so hopefully I can get some nice night photos and hoping to catch a glimpse of the Milky Way.
Today is Sunday and we are hanging at the RV because the wind is blowing so hard @ 30mph and 45mph gusts that being outside is horrible, the sand blowing actually HURTS, its like getting sand blasted, I had the screen door open for about 15-20 minutes and my computer was covered with sand! We even had to pull our slide in because the topper cover kept unraveling and when the wind would suddenly stop it would snap shut with a hell of a noise! So its a day of well deserved rest.
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