Friday afternoon, we drove to Costco in Henderson to look for Krusteaz pumpkin loaf mix. We discovered that there is none in any Costco in Las Vegas area. We looked at Sports Authority, then Dicks for a hammock replacement with no luck. After Dicks, we went into the attached mall, and happened to find a loveseat recliner in a furniture store in the mall. It was the right size, and the right price. It even fit in the back of the truck. We paid cash, so headed across the parking lot to the Bank of America to replace the cash. There happened to be a manned Goodwill drop off location on the corner of the bank lot. The fellow said that they would be thrilled to take our old glider and recliner even though they weren't spotless. We hurried back to the trailer to put the new loveseat in the trailer, which fit with some space to spare. Then we loaded the old furniture into the truck and returned to Goodwill. Then we celebrated at Red Robin in the same mall. Incredible how well this worked out.
Saturday was another windy day. If this is typical we won't be doing more than an one-night stay here in the future. We drove a few miles down the road to Callville Bay. There are lots of houseboats for rent in the marina. A new boat launch has been built to get down to the water, rather than extending previous launch. The marina store was closed for the season, but the store at the top of ramp was open. It had a few staples and souvenirs. There is an RV park and rental cabins here as well.
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| Houseboats for Rent |
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| Old Boat Launch |
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| Cinnamon Teal |
The Colorado River valley here, before the Hoover Dam was built, was on one of routes of the Old Spanish Trail route from Sante Fe to California.
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| Old Spanish Trail from Sante Fe to California |
We returned to trailer to watch the women's world 3/4 game. Then we packed up as much as we could in order to get going early Sunday morning. In the afternoon, the Park Warden came through the camping area. Shortly after that at least three units left. We assume they must have exceeded the 15 day limit.
Sunday morning we just had to put stuff away which we used overnight,run in the slides, and put the trailer on the truck and headed east along the lake. We replied to a Happy Easter message from Sue as we were traveling. We got a few pictures of the red rocks toward the east end of Lake Mead near Overton Arm.
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| Valley of Fire formations |
We took a look at the 3 free camping areas near Overton. One is well organized, right on the edge of town in the Overton Wildlife Mgmt Area. One in the middle further south definitely had the most use. We stopped at Walmart in Mesquite to pick up a box of wine before we hit Utah, then stopped in St George for diesel and muffins. On our way to Fillmore, we drove over 3 summits around 6000 to 6500 feet. Lots of snow capped mountains on this route, and some snow in the fields right by the road. We figure it must be from the storm that blew through Salt Lake and Denver areas a few days ago. We arrived at Wagons West RV Park in Fillmore about 1:45 pm. The office is closed for Easter Sunday but they had provided a site number for us when we booked. We had the satellite up and running just in time for the introductions of the final game of the World Womens' Curling. There are a few cherry trees in the RV park, just blossoming.
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| Cherry Blossoms |
On Monday walked about a mile south on Fillmore's main street. We passed a house made out of lava rock, with a very artistic lava fence.
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| Lava House |
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| Lava Fence |
We toured the Territorial Statehouse State Park Museum. It is a nice museum for a $2. seniors entrance fee. It has lots of information on the founding of Utah. The Mormons originally planned on making it independent of the USA and naming it the State of Deseret, the name of the beehive in the Book of Mormon. However, the USA stopped that from happening, formed the state of Utah (named after the local Indian tribes, and made the capital here in Fillmore. The State of Deseret was intended to encompass one sixth of the area of the continental USA.
The town was named after President Millard Fillmore, and the county was named Millard after him as well. After a short time here, Brigham Young moved the legislature to Salt Lake City in protest. The federal authorities relocated it back to Fillmore, but the members moved it back to Salt Lake almost immediately, where it has stayed since. One of the features of the museum was a hall of pictures of the pioneers in the area.
When we got back to the trailer, we got a propane tank refilled. It was handy because they refill tanks right here in the park.
On Tuesday we decided to stay a couple more days because snow was forecast until noon on Wednesday on the high spots between here and Idaho. We spent the day doing laundry and cleaning the desert dust out of the trailer.
On Thursday, we drove north through Salt Lake City, Pocatello to Idaho Falls. There were a few flakes of snow in the air between Fillmore and Salt Lake, a bit of rain south of Pocatello, but nothing significant. There was quite a bit of snow in the fields, some of it pretty close to the highway. We were passed by many western Canadian vehicles heading north. We are only spending the night in Idaho Falls, so didn't bother unhooking the trailer from the truck. John plans to watch Roanich's quarterfinal tennis match in Miami this evening.
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