JJ

    Ok, today’s plan is to work on client accounting and my blog until 9:00 then start packing up,
disconnecting from shore utilities and hooking up to the truck.  Not really looking forward to the first few
miles winding, steep hills (7 and 8% grades up and down) but I’ll take it nice
and slow, the hunters will just have to wait. 
After that it should be an easy pull based on internet research.  I’ll let you know how accurate that is!

     Not so accurate after all!! 
Before you get into Vernal, UT there is a nice little stretch of road
that includes 9 miles of 8% grade with 10 switchbacks!!!  At least there is a sign telling you in
advance, and the road is very well maintained with wide shoulders.  However, it can be nerve-wracking with that
many switchbacks (20 mph recommended) when you are fairly new to towing.  God really had my back this time as I did not
have any 18 wheelers behind me.  Don’t
get me wrong they are very nice people, but they are pros at this and I always
feel intimidated when I think they think I’m going too slow.  Probably all in my head…  Anyhow, after that the road was fine.  And, I should also mention that the views
were all you would expect, as Bill would always say, “Sure is purty country!”  Definitely worth going this way.  And, that is why I planned my trip along the
scenic routes.

     This leg of the trip also included a short stint on an
interstate ~ I70 from Price to the Moab turn off.  It didn’t seem to cause anyone undue
irritation that I was driving a sedate 65 when the speed limit is 80 so I just
cruised along.  Little did I know that
Utah is in the process of widening the US191 corridor through Moab and I had
the bad luck to arrive in time for the evening roadblock.  Sign says “traffic backs up quickly, use
caution”.  Yep, we had a rolling
roadblock 2 lanes wide for several miles, narrowing down to 1 lane across the
bridge and halfway through town.  Kudos
to the nice gentleman in the red Texas truck for letting me in ahead of him and
note to the construction workers – when you use orange barrels to create a 10’
wide lane, please stand on the construction side of the barrel, not on the
traffic side, at 8.5’ there isn’t a lot of extra room to go around you.  I managed not to hit either the worker or the
orange barrel on the other side of the trailer, but it was a near thing.

     God had one final challenge for me today; I was shown to my
camping space and began working on unhooking. 
Seems the truck and trailer are not on the same plane and will NOT
unhook.  Worked on it for almost an hour,
even called Warren to see if I was using the right process, yep nothing else to
do but keep at it.  I think I just need
to back the trailer up some to get them level. 
It’s getting late, starting to get dark, and I am tired.  So, off to bed and I’ll deal with it in the
morning – after quiet hours.

“For I am the LORD your God who takes hold of your right hand
and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.” 1 Peter 5:7

                                                                                                                                                                                                SDG