I Must Issue a Warning to the Residents of Idaho and Montana...

We have found that if we're going to go there... the weather is going to get wet, cold and even snowy...

It'll be 72 and sunny... the day before we arrive... but the morning of our arrival... the weather'll be comin' in... Well... We're planning on spending much of the summer in the Idaho/Montana country... so... you folks up there should count on and plan for a cold, wet summer! :) Sorry!!

We rolled along 530, down the west side of Flaming Gorge reservoir, crossing out of Wyoming and back into Utah. It's open, high desert country... The kind of country that washes away that pressure in your chest. You know, that sensation that feels like a pair of the "Biggest Losers" is using your chest for a bench while they have lunch.

At the southern end of the lake we turned back east for 25 miles or so to climb up through Cedars and Pines to get to the Red Canyon area.

*A byway pullout at Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area*

... and of course... my great ability at herding precipitation into an area... was easily maintained...

Just west of this pretty little lake is the road that turns down into the Canyon Rim Campground. Considering the weather I figured it would be better to stay on some paved roads for a bit... rather then trying to drag a 12,000 lb. fiver through the mud hunting a Boondocking camp.

So... we turned down the road to Canyon Rim... only to find it closed... apparently for Bark Beetle mitigation work... But now worries... There's two more camps along the same road... Greens Lake and Red Canyon...

It was Red Canyon that we chose... and by late afternoon the temps had climbed back up enough to melt off the inch or two of snow that had fell...

*Red Canyon Campground, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area*

I like this country. It's got it all. Tall timber, Far views... and the Freedom only found in the West... at least the only Freedom that I can recognize...

*Flaming Gorge*

When the sun came out in the late afternoon, we took a walk down past the visitor center... The traffic is pretty heavy here... and required us to wait for it to clear a bit, before we could cross the road...

*A Utah Traffic Jam*

I'm not sure who was watching who... We had to keep backing off when these four gals kept advancing on the dogs! :) Now, I'm one who is the first to tell folks to keep a proper distance from wild critters... you get too close, and they'll be on you before you can react...

But... how are you supposed to do that... when the critters keep following YOU! :)

*Big Horn Tourists  in Flaming Gorge... watching the canine tourists!*

*Flaming Gorge Big Horns*

It was a cold night... but... the weather man keeps promising that spring is on the way... anybody seen it anywhere? We kept south... just moved west, and still haven't seen a whole lot of it... but... I looked at the calender... it's Supposed to be coming... Hell, it's supposed to BE here, It's May! :)

So... we'll wait... keep the propane tanks full... and hope... that the dumbo scientists who have been claiming that Global Warming is a comin' aren't weather dyslexic... and  that in reality... it's another Ice Age! :)

Camped in Far Country
Brian

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