Utah

Thursday, 13 August 2009

Trek Day 16

Today we left the Grand Canyon behind and headed into Utah. An increasingly confusing time-zone situation means we've lost an hour again today, meaning I am 7 hours behind the UK again now. I get the hour back on the road to Las Vegas in a few days.

Nothing to Do

We had one stop today, at Lake Powell, the reservoir created by the building of the Glen Canyon damn at Page in Utah. It was a bit of a hike down to the lake due to the recent years of drought in this part of the USA so I declined the swim.

Easton's

Tonight we are camping in the middle of nowhere in Utah at a campground known as Eastons. Easton is a former TrekAmerica tour leader and his ground here is set up with this kind of tour in mind. There's even a sound proof party room.

The setting for Easton's Campsite is breath-taking, with escarpments in the near-distance on three sides. There was a storm tracking across one side a few miles away as we arrived, but it didn't hit us. The angry sky though did mean that we were treated to another magical sunset.

Wasted

My group are on a mission to get wasted. We've got so much booze on board that Burt Reynolds had to drive up front in a Trans Am.

For a reformed, non-drinker, there is nothing more boring than watching a bunch of people make the transition from coherent individual to blithering fool. That's not to say I have anything against people drinking and having a good time, it's just that it is so very dull from an outsiders point of view. I chose to make myself an outsider in the world of alcohol and I don't regret that decision... but being around pissed people is tedious.

As I type this, the three TrekAmerica groups who are here tonight have been ushered into the soundproof party room after several hours of loud drinking games at our camps. Goodness only knows how late and how loudly they will return.

[Edit: The answers to my speculation above were "very" and "extremely.]

Goodnight... not.

Stats - Day Twenty

Distance travelled (as the crow flies) - 79 - Grand Canyon Caravan Park, Tusayan, AZ to Easton's Campground, UT.

State count - 14 + DC