This is a 4-state day, and our highest mileage day! We started out in the wine and hops region of Yakima, WA, and ended up in the desert area of Ogden, UT. This means that we traveled from Washington, through Oregon and Idaho, finally making it to Utah.
It was getting rather late as we traveled through Utah. This makes me nervous as I am always concerned about wildlife jumping out onto the road and killing me. Having lived in Texas and Colorado and seen what an ungulate can do to a truck/camper/motorcycle, I really want to avoid hitting a deer, so I am anxious to find a place to spend the night before it gets too dark.
We finally see a sign for camping as we approach Ogden and found a KOA campground. We checked out another place before the KOA, but their tent sites were right along a busy road. Noisy! Question: Why do RV parks always place the tent sites out front along a busy road/highway, rather than towards the back of the property. The RV people at least have hard walls/windows/air conditioners to mitigate the road noise, but tent people only have a thin sheet of nylon separating their ears from the sounds of the road. I have seen this arrangement at campgrounds across the country and it still puzzles me.
As seems to be usual, the KOA campground was expensive. The most expensive campground we stayed at on our trip ($31.97), even though we were only there for about 9 hours.
Since we did so much driving, we didn't take too many pictures today. I suppose that most everyone already knows what Oregon, Idaho, and Utah look like. Right?
While in Washington, I saw many vineyards with what appeared to be fans in them. Is that what this is?
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| Mysterious (to me) object in vineyard |
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