Well, we dod start by 6:30. Today is a driving day. Driving days rarely bring adventures. However, they are the days when we rest, read, and see the earth change before our eyes. Sunshine slipped Scoobie Doo into the shopping cart on a supply run, so There was that, too.
Our way took us through Escalante. Way back when, before we were married, Brandon and I and my dad went on a backpacking trip along the Escalante River, and up onto the mesa above.
This is rough wilderness. The air and ground are dry here, and the only water once away from the river comes from spring- and well-fed stock tanks. When we backpacked here, we had to trek through washes and down into tiny canyons, hoping we could find footing to scramble back up the other side. Then we came to a slot in the land that was impassable. We expected to find water at the bottom of that slot, but could not see a way out of it if we got down into it. Back across the desert we trekked, out of water, and knowing that the water we would find next was cow slobber water. No amount of filtering it can get that realization out if your head.
We remembered a road that crossed a ridge, the land falling sharply away one thousand feet on either side (Do you remember that, Dad?), and we found that road again. I guess it should be harrowing to drive, but it may be my favorite road in America.
There was a little, hippy roadside cafe with actually healthy food! So we stopped for breakfast we are starting to look a bit like weird-os after living outside for several days, but we fit right in there!
Several fun things happened after breakfast. First, we saw cows in the road. They appeared to be quite comfortable just hanging out right there where anyone could drive into them! They were all kinds of adorable!
Sunshine wanted a picture of the sunflowers. Yes, those are mating grasshoppers. Scandalous!
We passed Capitol Reef and Grand Junction, and finally the Rockies!
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