Wonderland RV Park in Torrey had the cleanest bathrooms and showers thus far. That was just an FYI - ha! The showers were free but you had to start a timer and then after 10 minutes it was done and would not restart for 5 minutes. Ingenious. Kept people moving in and out, for sure.
After I left on the bike Cami went on a hike/trail run on her own up to Hickman's Bridge. Lots of families -- many with hot little crying kids -- shared the route, but the views were spectacular once again, as have all of our sites been out west so far...
Cami had read reviews about this random bakery in the middle of nowhere. When she stopped, the baker came inside from his outdoor oven and asked, "Where are you from?" Cami replied, "La Crosse, Wisconsin." He replied, "You're the second one today from La Crosse..." Cami laughed -- "that was my husband!" He replied, "Oh, he stopped here hours ago for a cup of coffee." At least Cami knew she was on the right track...and snagged us a couple cinnamon rolls, a loaf of homemade white bread, and cornbread muffins.
Getting hot and dry as the day wears on...looking down on Lake Powell...
Desolate here...we were the only ones in the campground. It was so hot and so windy...but in the middle of the night it was just too warm to keep our camper windows closed (and no air conditioning because we had no electricity). We opened the windows and all night whenever there was a strong wind we got a coating of fine red dust. Nice.
Quite a climb into Hite
No one at the campground except us and this monster!
If you can see the white line on the cliff across Lake Powell, that's call "the bathtub ring." That is how far down the water is in Lake Powell. This is a no-longer-used cement dock...pretty desolate here. We felt badly for the gas station/convenience store guy working in Hite. He said that for the last 6 years its been like this.