Getting his butt scratched

Thu, 7/2/09

Kaibab Camper Village, Jacob Lake, AZ: Rained during the night and still raining a little this morning,. No signs of clearing off, so we decided to do the laundry today and just kick back. The laundry room in the campground abuts a pretty little pasture belonging to one of the trail ride outfits here. In the pasture were two mares and their foals. While waiting for the laundry we walked over and one of the foals let us pet him. That entertained us for a while. Finished the laundry and then back to our site and put everything away. I finished the book “Over the Edge”—Death in the Canyon,” which Mike is just starting. Hard to put down. Then I went back to my book on Navy Seals in Afghanistan, which I had put aside. The people in the motor home next to us (from Maryland) were leaving today. They’re on a two-week trip from Maryland to the Grand Canyon, Bryce, Zion, Yellowstone, and the Tetons—in two weeks! They’ll barely get a glimpse. Anyway, the motor home wouldn’t start and they had to get a mechanic to put in a new starter. He was able to leave by 4:30 or so. We decided it was a good day to do the pork roast. So we had roast pork, mashed potatoes and a vegetable for dinner. Then we watched “Rio Bravo”, one of the John Wayne movies Mike bought while we were in Monument Valley—supposedly filmed in Monument Valley.