Around the area

May 31, 2021

Memorial weekend was fairly busy with people mostly fishing but some rafting. We recorded about 280 people coming to our area so it was pretty active.  After the weekend, we took a few days to do a little exploring near us. We went to the Swett Ranch, a historic homestead ranch, to have a look around because that is an area where we could have volunteered, but after talking to the volunteers there, we are so pleased we did not apply.  They only had 25 volunteers the whole weekend so it would be a bit slow for us.

On the way to the Swett Ranch, you have to pass over the dam of the Flaming Gorge.  We have some more to explore, but here are some pics of the dam area so far.

June 2, 2021

Unfortunately, there was an unexpected death in the family in Texas, so we took our Jeep and drove 4 hours to Salt Lake City to catch a flight to Dallas on Saturday, June 5^th, then returned on Wednesday, June 8^th.

June 3, 2021

Here is another picture from the booth where we collect day use fees looking toward our rv. It really is quite lovely here.

Now speaking of collecting day use fees, I have another OBSERVATION. 

OBSERVATION: the fee for a single day use pass is $5 and anyone can purchase it or a weekly pass for $15, or an annual pass for $35. The US Forestry is not set up to take credit cards so they only accept cash or a check. I am AMAZED at how many people do not carry any cash.  But, I started paying close attention to the people who do not carry cash and it is overwhelmingly people in the age category of 40 and younger.  I had one young couple that I would guess were in their late 20’s that did not have the cash.  Then he remembered he had a bag of change in what looked like it was in a quart freezer bag.  He said he didn’t want the bag of change and started to hand me the whole bag when both his significant other and I told him he didn’t really want to do that because he probably had $25-$30 worth of change.  Am I the only one that is surprised by the number of people who do not carry cash?