We were going to drive the Hell’s Backbone backcountry road today, but after yesterday’s fun on the washboards, we decided to Hell with it and just hung around camp. Dianne worked on her LifeVantage business while I topped up the truck tires (we lowered them yesterday to provide a softer ride on the washboards). I used the 12-volt air pump I bought at Canada Tire nine years ago. The pump I bought last year at Amazon doesn’t work now.
We then drove to dinner at another of our favorite Utah restaurants, this one located in Boulder, Utah.
The latest reservation we could get was for 4:15 in the afternoon, and it definitely wasn’t crowded.
I had braised bison while Dianne had a salad and lamb skewers. We enjoyed all this with a bottle of red wine from the Douro Valley of Portugal. All was very tasty.
While the meal was all a bit pricey, we really don’t mind spending the kids’ (we don’t have any) inheritance on our own self indulgence.
Heading back into Escalante, we made a brief stop at the Hole in the Rock Heritage Center. Here, Dianne demonstrated that the covered wagons like the Hole in the Rock party used were narrow enough to make it through the top portion of the route down the cliffs, which we explored yesterday.
Back at camp, we finished our bottle of wine while watching ducks and geese swim in the reservoir.