Friday, April 8, 2016 (actual)
Thursday, April 7, 2016
Page, AZ to Panaca, NV
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| Cathedral Cave, NV |
Leaped on the bikes after a breakfast at the Rancho Grill recommended by the Catalina guy over Denny's and proceeded to something called the Rim Trail at edge of town; not safe for us we realized very soon after starting out. Back to the Safeway. Mild but persistent panic over output of AC in Corolla. Phone calls and off to B and B Automotive for advice. Good guy explained to me about his son who was into championship off road quad-mobiling since the machine he rode was parked next to Corolla (really long-travel suspension). AC seemed to be working after guy put his hand around the cold tube from the compressors. Out of Page toward Cedar City, UT home of Southern Utah University.
The two-laners we've been using would be a great test bed for the self-driving car. Over great snowy pass and down into the totally bustling college town for a mocha. French Bistro looked okay until S got close enough to read a short typed essay taped into the window presumably by the proprietor about evolution being bad science which turned S right around as though it was the mark of Satan, which it kind of was, you know? Found a huge coffee shop that seemed to cater to the students at SUU and among many, many random postings, quotes and classic photos was a sign saying, "You can't fix stupid." So I guess it was a wash, again.
There are a lot of the washes, the seasonal flash creeks, around these parts also, by the way. We moved on to Panaco and the Cathedral Canyon Campground in which there was on site left which cost us $27 because it was electrified. Small largely unsung state camp with a strange topography of mud sculptured cliffs and a pleasant bike/hike trail loop often using the wash in the middle of the draw. Firewood the only drawback since it was green which I honestly could not discern not being very familiar with pinon and juniper; S questioned the ranger who showed up next morning, who admitted to running out of the good stuff. Guy two RV's down who said he had radar insisted late in the evening to the single woman sleeping in her car next to us that a big thunderstorm was 50 miles to the south and moving our way probably arriving around midnight. I was totally cool with this news since we had our tent under a ramada and I was losing patience with the fire by that time. S soon down and later me; some rain some time in the night.
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| Ramada after tent. Also bad firewood. |
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