Several years ago, a friend of mine, Shirley, bought an RV with a washer/dryer conbination in it. I laughed a bit at that but - we now have an RV with a washer/dryer combo in it and i wouldn’t trade this for anything. It is small so I can only wash small loads at one time and it is a combination so that the full washing and drying cycle takes a bit of time BUT - is it ever handy. Campground laundromats are pretty clean but public ones leave a lot to be desired. This way, I can avoid these. Our modus operandi is to wash and dry a load in the evening and, because I like to dry my shirts without wrinkles, I pull them out of dryer partially damp and drape them throughout the RV. Hey, who sees it? We’re asleep.
We took our time in the morning over breakfast and relaxed a bit. I did a load of laundry and Gary worked a bit on the RV. Bouncing over these bumpy highways sometimes takes a toll.
About noon, we did take off for a trip to the Goosenecks State Park. Here the San Juan River which originates in Colorado, winds thoughout northern New Mexico and southen Utah takes some tortuous curves and has made cuts into the cliffs 1000’ deep. It is called an ‘entrenched meander’ since the river can only cut deeper into the rock.
At this spot the San Juan has cut curves so tightly that:
the river goes 5 miles
a crow would fly 1 mile
and Thelma and Louise went 1000’ to the bottom.
Yep, this is where the last scene in Thelma and Louise was filmed.
We saw a short cut in the rocks where we could scramble down further and further and further so - you know Gary and me, we took it. Lots of loose rocks and boulders but a nice scramble. Oops, now we have to scramble up.
We saw two 25’ C-style RV’s (this is where there is a large overhang over the cab where the bed is) who were heading to Colorado. Not a problem except, as we were leaving the park, we saw them headed north and that meant that they were going to attempt the Moki Dugway route with RV’s.
Your gotta see the Moki Dugway on Google. It goes down or up 1000’ in about 2 miles, with 5 - 10% grades, sharp switchbacks, no guard ralis and, did I mention that it is gravel? You’ve got to be kidding. RV’s on this road?
Here’s a picture from Google showing the twists and turns this road takes to ascend 1000’ in 2 miles.
We’ve been looking at this and, knowing that we might travel it tomorrow, were intrigued that two RV’s were going to try it. Now, the signs say: NO RV’S, TRAILERS, VEHICLES OVER 10,000 LBS. It seems to us that the two RV’s ahead of us fit two of those categories. We’ve gotta see this.
Sure enough, they took their time, stopped a lot and met other vehicles coming down, but they made it up. Tomorrow it’s us. See them in the picture above - two small white dots in the middle of the cliff.
Back at the campground, we stopped at the Shell Station and bought two sodas and 2 ice creams.
Back to relaxation.
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