{"id":5077,"date":"2021-09-21T05:53:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T05:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/?page_id=5077"},"modified":"2021-10-27T02:03:07","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T02:03:07","slug":"utah-and-arrival-at-bosque-del-apache-tule-lake","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/our-rv-adventures-2019-20\/from-portland-to-kanab-2021\/utah-and-arrival-at-bosque-del-apache-tule-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah with friends and arrival at Bosque del Apache"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our arrival at ‘Florin’ — the secret hideaway of our friends Roger & Cindi — was delayed a few days due to rain.\u00a0 The trip from Kanab UT to their site includes about 20 miles of dirt road, including fording two streams (or washes, as they are locally known).\u00a0 It had rained in Bryce Canyon and the waters had completely washed out both fords — there was almost three feet of soft, wet mud at the first ford.\u00a0 Even 4-wheel drive would not pull 16,000# through that!\u00a0 So we waited until things dried out a little, and the road graders and front-end loaders cleared things up before traveling on.\u00a0 Of course the wait was worth it!<\/p>\n

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View from our camp site<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While we were waiting, we visited the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, an iconic refuge that houses about 1.600 animals — dogs, cats, horses, birds, rabbits, etc.\u00a0 It was a lovely place to visit.\u00a0 While we played with some of the kittens, we managed to leave without bringing one home!\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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We also visited the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park outside of Kanab.\u00a0 It was beautiful, but it was a longer drive than we anticipated – we ended up driving into Arizona to get back to our campground.<\/p>\n

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But on the way, Cindi called to say that the Wash was clear and we should come “right away”.\u00a0 So we raced back to our trailer, packed up, and we were on our way in less than an hour!\u00a0 When we got close, Cindi said that there had been another rain, and we would have to wait just a little longer, boondocking at the Deer Springs Ranch Headquarters with the sheep and goats and geese and peacocks.\u00a0 But we did finally make it without any other issues.<\/p>\n

Our time with Roger & Cindi was, as always, delightful.\u00a0 Good times, good laughs, shared food, and (of course) lots of board games.\u00a0 Our new addiction is Wingspan, although we did work in a few games of our old favorite, Dominion.\u00a0 We did a little hiking, and a little scenic cruising, but a LOT of board games and reading.<\/p>\n

We hiked the Lick Wash canyon one day.\u00a0 It had been greatly modified by the recent rains, but was still a pleasant hike.<\/p>\n

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One of the challenges of such a remote location is cellular and data service.\u00a0 I configured three lengths of PVC pipe into a telescoping mast for our new WeBoost Antenna and Booster.\u00a0 We actually had a usable (barely) signal from a tower 43 miles away!<\/p>\n

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Just as when we arrived, we had to plan for the weather when it was time to leave.\u00a0 We chose to leave a couple days earlier than we might have wished, because rain was predicted and we didn’t want to get ‘rained in’ again.<\/p>\n

Then it was on to New Mexico and Bosque del Apache (BdA).\u00a0 When we started our journeys about 6 years ago, we had decided that we would like to volunteer at National Parks, National Monuments, Wildlife Refuges and other places of historic or natural interest.\u00a0 We also said that we wanted to keep learning, so we would not repeat any location — one time and out!\u00a0 Well, that worked until we arrived a Bosque del Apache.\u00a0 The facilities, the staff, the other volunteers, and of course the wildlife, caused us to break that rule.\u00a0 We have volunteered at seven different places, but this is now our fourth time at BdA!<\/p>\n

The scenery is majestic and awe inspiring.<\/p>\n

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View across the Refuge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sunflowers Everywhere<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Even before the migration begins, there are good things to see.<\/p>\n

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Blue Grosbeak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Blue Grosbeak – Juv. w\/ caterpillar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Wild Turkeys<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As we start our duties we will be helping out where we can and meeting visitors, hopefully sharing the love and beauty of nature.<\/p>\n

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Our arrival at ‘Florin’ — the secret hideaway of our friends Roger & Cindi — was delayed a few days due to rain.\u00a0 The trip from Kanab UT to their site includes about 20 miles of dirt road, including fording two streams (or washes, as they are locally known).\u00a0 It had rained in Bryce Canyon … Continue reading Utah with friends and arrival at Bosque del Apache<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":4907,"menu_order":40,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5077","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5077"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5220,"href":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5077\/revisions\/5220"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/yourpcgeek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}